Trade body Energy Storage Europe has called for significant reforms to the European Union’s (EU’s) cybersecurity framework for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

US President Donald Trump has banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment that pose a potential risk to US grid security.

Tom Sisto, CEO of US flow battery provider XL Batteries, writes that lithium-ion batteries’ dependence on a supply chain controlled almost completely by one country is a risk that could be avoided.

Battery storage equipment manufactured by CATL and recently installed at a US Marine Corps facility has been disconnected after the raising of security concerns about the China-headquartered maker.

Recommendations for how the US can double its lithium battery revenues have been published by Department of Energy’s Li-Bridge partnership.

US National Laboratory leaders talk about the importance of the right kind of storage for the grid.