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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.

Jonathan Gifford

17 hours ago

Markets

What California and Texas can learn from Australia’s energy storage boom Australia has positioned itself as a global laboratory for energy storage deployment.

21 hours ago

Projects & Applications

Energy S.p.A plans 8 GWh battery production site in Italy Energy S.p.A. is making plans for a new 8 GWh battery production facility in Italy's Veneto region, where it already operates a 400 MWh production line in partnership with Pylontech EU.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 22, 2025

Opinion & Analysis

German battery energy storage: a key technology for grid integration? While Germany's new coalition government has made the right noises about energy storage in its written agreement, the lack of concrete reform and legal certainty in the terms used is not enough for investors to bank on.

Boris Scholtka, Franziska Rothe, Marija L. Krstanović

Apr 17, 2025

Fire risk and safety

UL battery safety standard updated for new storage chemistries Underwriters Laboratories (UL) says the fifth edition of its ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A standard addresses technology such as sodium-ion batteries and new use-cases including rooftop installations.

Apr 17, 2025

Policy

UK grid connection overhaul to fast-track shovel-ready energy storage and renewables sites Regulator Ofgem's new system will see energy storage and renewables projects that meet land and planning requirements receive firm grid connection dates as 'Gate 2' sites. Other projects will receive indicative dates and locations, under 'Gate 1' status, and "zombie" sites will be removed from the queue.

Apr 17, 2025

Grid-scale

Sungrow contracts 140 MW of batteries under Italy’s grid capacity auctions Sungrow's Emilio Manzoni discusses the fire safety precautions built into the Chinese company's battery energy storage systems (BESS) and the prospects for Sungrow in Italy's red-hot energy storage market.

Sergio Matalucci, Massimiliano Tripodo, Lara Morandotti

Apr 16, 2025

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COP29 to propose 1.5 TW energy storage target by 2030 This year's UN Climate Change Conference could adopt a target to increase global energy storage capacity more than sixfold by 2030. To achieve this, the world would need to add more than 158 GW of energy-storage capacity annually.

Sep 16, 2024

Policy

US increases and extends clean energy import tariffs on China The US Trade Representative (USTR) has decided that it will expand tariffs on solar components, batteries, semiconductors, steel, and electric vehicles (EVs) from China.

Sep 16, 2024

Policy

Reducing battery storage taxes key to managing Brazil’s electricity price hikes Brazil's solar trade body Absolar says reducing the tax burden on battery energy storage systems could reduce almost BRL 1 billion ($177 million) of curtailment-related clean energy losses since 2022 and help keep energy bills down.

Sep 12, 2024

Grid-scale

Western Australia grants collocated energy storage works grid license exemption Electricity distribution and transmission license exemptions in the state's South West Interconnected System grid have been extended to include collocated storage sites.

Sep 12, 2024

Policy

Energy storage in Mexico: fertile ground for technological development and investment With Mexico's president-elect having announced an intent to attract renewables investment, energy storage was the subject of much discussion at the Intersolar Mexico trade show.

Max Hall, Jorge Zarco

Sep 09, 2024

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ES Solar and sonnen find US success with Wattsmart VPP program in Utah ES Solar (ESS) says its objective is to retrofit 40% of all residential solar arrays in the US state with sonnen virtual power plant (VPP) batteries.

Sep 06, 2024

Finance

Poland relaunches residential solar, storage rebate scheme The sixth edition of the Polish government’s residential solar and storage rebate scheme is now open, with a total budget of PLN 400 million ($103.2 million). Applications will be accepted until Dec. 20, or until funds are exhausted.

Sep 05, 2024

Policy

German state Schleswig-Holstein promotes commercial energy storage Small and medium-sized companies can apply for financial support for storage systems. Electricity storage facilities must obtain at least 75% of their annual energy from a directly connected renewable energy plant to be eligible for a grant.

Sep 05, 2024

Finance

Early retirement of coal-fired power plants in APAC region good for bottom line: study Multi-country research has found that retiring coal-fired power plants sooner rather than later can have financial benefits for investors, and free up capital for investing in renewables.

Sep 03, 2024

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