US lawmakers have accused lithium-ion battery OEMs CATL and Gotion High-Tech of having supply chain connections to forced labour and Uyghur oppression in China – a claim the firms adamantly deny – and called on an immediate block on shipments of their products.

The new tariffs on batteries from China will increase costs for US BESS integrators by 11-16%, consultancy Clean Energy Associates said, adding that new guidance around the domestic content ITC adder will make it easier to access.

We hear from developers, IPPs and upstream battery sources about the US’ decision to massively hike tariffs on batteries and battery components from China.

UK electricity market operator National Grid ESO is reassessing how much energy storage gets paid in the Capacity Market, battery storage operators told Energy-Storage.news, with one calling the current system ‘outdated’.

The Biden Administration will more than triple the tariffs paid on batteries and battery parts imported from China, from 7.5% today to 25%, in a huge move for the industry announced today.

The BESS ‘land grab’ looks set to continue as Tier 2 companies vie for market share before countries potentially curb imports from China, with one developer suggesting the recent CATL-Duke Energy case will “not be unique”.

The Electricity Authority of Israel (PUA) has introduced a supplementary tariff for PV facilities combined with energy storage.

US energy storage industry is going strong despite delays due to supply chain issues, interconnection queue waiting times and other factors.

Actions taken this month by the US government to support solar industry unlikely to come at the expense of support for energy storage.

ENGIE will no longer proceed with a grid-scale solar-plus-storage project it was awarded in Hawaii, cancelling its order for 240MWh of battery storage from technology provider New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA).