What does the 90-day reduction in US-China tariffs mean for the BESS industry? We hear from industry analysts while also discussing the topic with CATL and fellow China-based battery OEM Rept Battero.
The US and China have announced a 90 day ‘pause’ on their huge reciprocal tariffs while they continue negotiations, with the effective tariff on BESS more than halving to around 60%.
We caught up with the president of OCI Energy, a developer-operator with a 4-hour BESS in Texas, about the longer duration, long-term project ownership and why the current US-China tariffs create a huge challenge for procurement.
Clean energy trade body ACP announced a commitment on behalf of the US energy storage industry to invest US$100 billion in building and buying American-made grid batteries.
ESN Premium speaks with Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing at Anza Renewables, Ravi Manghani on current challenges energy storage developers are facing
Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.
Trump’s dampening effect on US investor sentiment could lead to a flight to quality while tariffs will cause a surge in orders this year, writes Tao Kong, managing partner of developer Luminous Energy.
