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In the rapidly evolving energy storage sector, announcements and updates come thick and fast. From acquisitions and funding to new business models, the industry is growing and maturing by the day.

The number of gigafactories breaking ground has soared in recent years as the global rush to develop lithium-ion battery production capacity continues.

In parallel, there is a pressing need to develop a circular economy in the sector but also many open questions regarding safe and efficient recycling.

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‘After the blackout, we saw a 70% increase in demand for batteries and hybrid kits’ Javier Rodríguez Lizcano, CEO of clean energy wholesaler Solarbox, tells pv magazine Spain about solar equipment trends and highlights growing interest in batteries and hybrid systems for homes and small businesses.
Jose Pedrosa
2 hours ago
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Tesla deploys 9.6 GWh of battery storage in Q2, 10 GWh Nevada cell factory ‘nears completion’ The electric vehicle company reported flat energy storage growth, quarter over quarter, but nearly 50% growth year-to-date, compared with 2024. Tesla has deployed 37.9 GWh over the past four quarters and is approaching 100 GWh deployed.
John Fitzgerald Weaver
4 hours ago
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MIRAI Power secures Voltares investment to scale 7.3 GW energy storage pipeline MIRAI’s new backing enables international expansion and fast-tracks its joint venture with BW ESS in Germany.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 04, 2025
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Moment Energy begins full-scale production of second-life battery systems in Vancouver EV batteries are getting a new life as stationary energy storage in North America, as Moment Energy's factory comes online.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 04, 2025
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UK developer secures $470m for 146 MWh battery, solar portfolio British Solar Renewables has reached financial close on a 12-project solar portfolio featuring three co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Matthew Lynas
Jul 04, 2025
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US DOE awards $14m for unique energy storage systems for critical facilities and infrastructure The US Department of Energy's (DoE) Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) fund will back an organic quinone flow battery and an iron and sodium long duration energy storage (LDES) system in California, plus a lithium battery with a novel cathode material in New York state.
Max Hall
Jul 04, 2025
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Zelestra secures $282m for Chile’s 1 GWh Aurora project The solar-plus-storage site will combine a 220 MW solar plant with a 1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) as Chile continues to add renewables.
Luis Ini
Jul 04, 2025

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US energy storage thrives amid political, market uncertainty A recent webinar by Vermont-based nonprofit the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) highlighted how the investment tax credit (ITC) for standalone energy storage, granted under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), has supercharged growth.
Phoebe Skok
Feb 07, 2025
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Startup EPC brings launches in U.S. for solar plus storage developments A new team of solar veterans behind Aquila Energy intend to focus on deploying new and repowering aging clean energy sites in solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Anne Fischer
Feb 07, 2025
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Canada’s Moment Energy lands $15m for US second-life battery gigafab The Vancouver-based company, which repurposes used electric vehicle (EV) batteries for stationary energy storage sites, wants to open a site in the United States.
Max Hall
Feb 06, 2025
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Australian grid-scale battery storage earns $43.6M in Q4, 2024 Net revenue for Australian grid-connected battery energy storage systems (BESS) more than doubled in year-on-year comparisons of the final quarter.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 05, 2025
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US battery energy storage manufacturer KORE Power halts Arizona factory The Arizona battery energy storage system (BESS) cell manufacturing plant is on hold, with little detail provided by Kore. The founder and CEO has also stepped down.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 04, 2025
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Indian budget focuses on recycling to secure lithium battery supply chain Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has submitted the Union Budget for 2025-26, which proposes a customs duty exemption for scrap from lithium-ion batteries and critical minerals.
Uma Gupta
Feb 04, 2025
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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.
Jonathan Gifford
Feb 03, 2025
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Battery anode AD/CVD case moves forward, threatening to double U.S. battery costs The United States International Trade Commission has affirmed it will move forward with antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, which may lead to tariffs as high as 920% on a critical battery material.
Ryan Kennedy
Feb 03, 2025
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“The addition of BESS can mitigate the risk of long-term PPAs” With most renewable energy PPAs signed for long terms of 10 years or more, the mitigation of risks, such as negative prices, becomes critical. Pierre Bartholin, head of power hedging at Nuveen Infrastructure, tells ESS News that the addition of battery energy storage systems (BESS) – right from the onset under hybrid PPAs or at a later stage by reopening the negotiation of the existing offtake deals – improves financial prospects for both energy seller and offtaker.   
Marija Maisch
Jan 31, 2025

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