Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love…
China is introducing new consumption taxes on batteries and PV cells as Beijing tightens controls on clean energy manufacturing overcapacity and pushes producers toward higher-efficiency technologies. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said that PV cells will be subject to…
India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched a global tender to establish 10 GWh of advanced chemistry cell (ACC) manufacturing capacity for grid-scale stationary storage under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. Bidders are required to submit separate technical and…
Mexico’s Hidalgo state government said the withdrawal of the Tulancingo solar project’s environmental review process does not affect three other PV-plus-storage developments in the state with planned battery capacity totaling 117.78 MW MWh. The projects – Delfín Solar, FV Tecozautla,…
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) operating in California’s grid left approximately US$98 million on the table due to suboptimal bidding strategies, according to a new analysis from Gridmatic.
Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos Energy Enterprises has announced a strategic partnership with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to “enhance the resilience of national defence infrastructure.”
Spain recorded 34 new battery energy storage projects totaling 1.76 GW in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 16 projects totaling 733 MW in the same period a year earlier. The number of projects increased 112% year on year,…
Sonnedix said it has acquired a 260 MW BESS portfolio in Tuscania, Italy, from developer Sphera Energy. The deal increases Sonnedix’s total BESS portfolio to approximately 2.8 GW, according to the company. The portfolio includes two adjacent standalone BESS projects,…
Argentina’s Committee for the Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) has approved an application from Liex to develop the second phase of the Tres Quebradas lithium project in Catamarca province. The project involves a $709 million investment and will add…
BW ESS’ executive director Roberto Jimenez discusses the company’s recently-announced first Germany project, in Klostermansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, which could be one of Europe’s largest when completed in 2028.