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Jonathan Gifford
Jonathan is currently contributing as a freelance editor at pv magazine and ESS News.
He joined pv magazine in 2011, became the Editor in Chief in 2014, and was the Founding Editor of pv magazine Australia. With a background in public broadcasting, Jonathan has been reporting on environmental and technology issues since 2005.
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Tariff uncertainty grips US battery development
The Trump administration’s China tariffs have piled atop existing and developing trade barriers on battery energy storage systems, components, and materials – destabilizing the US energy storage industry. While existing inventories will allow project development to move forward in the short term, uncertainty extends across the supply chain, including to prospective manufacturers.
Indian BESS manufacturing expansion remains uncertain, despite growing promise
With an accelerating deployment of lithium-ion batteries in energy storage applications, telecommunications, and mobility, demand in India for advanced technologies is expanding. However, progress towards establishing a domestic manufacturing industry has been “uncertain,” report analysts – despite the promising example set by India’s solar producers.
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European utility-scale battery installations “ramping up” as solar cannibalisation bites, Rystad finds
With electricity market volatility increasing in many European countries, the opportunity for battery energy storage is expanding fast. Market analyst Rystad Energy expects battery installations to accelerate as project developers with falling solar capture prices and increasing frequency of negative price events.
Mar 31, 2025
Australian distributed battery rollout gets political
As a federal election draws nearer, the ways in which much-needed batteries in Australia’s electricity distribution network are incentivised is becoming highly political. With the rollout of community battery projects supported by the federal government underway, industry insiders are hoping that politicians settle on measures that will make distributed battery adoption mainstream.
Pexapark: European BESS marketplace maturing as sophisticated contracts go mainstream
Utility-scale batteries are beginning to “flatten” the renewable energy production curve in parts of Europe, enabled by financial structures such as tolling and floor contracts, reports Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) advisory Pexapark. The Swiss company acquired RenewaFi this week, gaining a foothold in the U.S. marketplace.
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Clean Horizon reports “crazy” opportunity in Polish BESS marketplace
With its ancillary services market having only recently opened to battery energy storage systems (BESS), Poland presents a compelling business case for developers – finds advisory Clean Horizon. The Paris-based company published its updated Storage Index on Monday, which demonstrates the opportunity for the batteries in the eastern-European country, alongside a warning that attractive economics on the back of the provision of ancillary services may prove short lived.
A 920% tariff on anode materials from China “would throw the economics of U.S. storage out of whack”
Battery installations in the U.S. are threatened by the imposition of anti-dumping, countervailing duties on active anode materials. The supply chain for Active Anode Materials (AAM) is dominated by Chinese producers, with attempts to establish the full supply chain outside of China years away.
Australian government push for community electrification met with renewed calls for federal residential battery subsidy
With the Australian federal government increasing efforts to support community electrification programs, industry bodies have responded with renewed calls for a national program to accelerate residential battery uptake. The Smart Energy Council said that, as a federal election campaign looms, a battery support scheme could be promised and implemented quickly, delivering a “win for hip pockets.”
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