Analysis and Features

Gloves are off as Korea joins fight over US battery aid 296 310 Energy Storage Journal

Gloves are off as Korea joins fight over US battery aid

April 13, 2023: South Korea is launching a multibillion dollar program to defend and expand its battery industry amid fears lucrative US tax breaks and incentives are tipping the global…

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VanadiumCorp selects Quebec for flow battery electrolyte test facility 1024 636 Energy Storage Journal

VanadiumCorp selects Quebec for flow battery electrolyte test facility

March 30, 2023: VanadiumCorp Resource, the Canadian mining and technology company, has chosen Quebec to build an initial test facility for the production of vanadium electrolytes for VRFB batteries, the…

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No recovery plan for sunken ‘EV battery fire’ ship 789 504 Energy Storage Journal

No recovery plan for sunken ‘EV battery fire’ ship

March 30, 2023: A vessel carrying 4,000 vehicles that sank in the Atlantic last year after a suspected EV battery fire will likely never be recovered and the cause of…

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Brussels power market reform plan boosts ESS, renewables 1024 682 Energy Storage Journal

Brussels power market reform plan boosts ESS, renewables

March 16, 2023: Increased use of small-scale renewables and energy storage systems to help stabilize the European electricity market and ease the energy crisis are included in European Commission proposals…

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Summit backs ‘emergency’ giga-investments plan 1000 666 Energy Storage Journal

Summit backs ‘emergency’ giga-investments plan

March 16, 2023: EU leaders and battery industry chiefs have agreed to expand funding to support gigafactory projects and speed-up permitting processes, amid fears that investors are being lured away…

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EU risks ‘losing all’ in gigafactory stakes, new study warns 741 451 Energy Storage Journal

EU risks ‘losing all’ in gigafactory stakes, new study warns

March 9, 2023: Nearly 70% of Europe’s overall planned pipeline of lithium ion battery cells production capacity by 2030 is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according…

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EU-Canada ‘matchmaking’ for battery investment 480 480 Energy Storage Journal

EU-Canada ‘matchmaking’ for battery investment

March 9, 2023: The EU and Canada have launched a ‘matchmaking’ service to spur investment in businesses critical to battery manufacturing, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on…

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Mercedes-Benz breaks ground for recycling plant 1024 683 Energy Storage Journal

Mercedes-Benz breaks ground for recycling plant

March 9, 2023: Mercedes-Benz held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 3 for an EV battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany. The auto giant said the first stage of the plant,…

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ACWA Power invests $1.5bn in Kazakh BESS-wind project 1024 622 Energy Storage Journal

ACWA Power invests $1.5bn in Kazakh BESS-wind project

March 9, 2023: Saudi energy sector investor and developer ACWA Power said on March 2 it would lead a project to build a 1GW wind energy and BESS plant in…

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€90m batteries aid approval for Samsung SDI in Hungary 695 457 Energy Storage Journal

€90m batteries aid approval for Samsung SDI in Hungary

March 2, 2023: The European Commission has allowed Hungary to award nearly €90 million ($96 million) in state aid to expand Samsung SDI’s battery cell production facility in the country.…

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