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$3.5bn funding boost for next-gen battery production in US 819 1024 Energy Storage Journal

$3.5bn funding boost for next-gen battery production in US

November 22, 2023: Up to $3.5 billion in new federal funding has been announced in the US to prioritize development of next-generation battery chemistries and technologies. The Department of Energy…

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Hyperbat ramping up UK battery pack project 1024 682 Energy Storage Journal

Hyperbat ramping up UK battery pack project

November 22, 2023: An £11.3 million ($14 million) UK project aims to boost the country’s battery pack manufacturing and supply chain capability. Hyperbat’s ‘H1perChain’ in Coventry, which was funded by…

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Narada signs deal for Western Australia BESS 900 461 Energy Storage Journal

Narada signs deal for Western Australia BESS

November 8, 2023: Lead and lithium battery maker Narada Power has signed a Rmb335 million ($46 million) deal with Shanghai Electric Power Design Institute Materials to supply battery tech for…

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India launches grants scheme for 4,000MWh BESS bonanza 800 533 Energy Storage Journal

India launches grants scheme for 4,000MWh BESS bonanza

September 14, 2023: India is launching a program to help fund a total of 4,000MWh of new BESS projects by 2030-31. The government said on September 6 the cabinet had…

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China’s Gotion secures incentives deal for $2 billion Illinois gigafactory 892 940 Energy Storage Journal

China’s Gotion secures incentives deal for $2 billion Illinois gigafactory

September 14, 2023: China-based Gotion Hi-Tech is to start production at a $2 billion EV battery manufacturing plant in Illinois next year, the state’s governor announced on September 8. Jay…

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Echion in Volta investment boost, formalizes InoBat anode R&D plan 1024 768 Energy Storage Journal

Echion in Volta investment boost, formalizes InoBat anode R&D plan

September 14, 2023: Echion Technologies said on September 6 it would accelerate the scale-up and commercialization of its niobium-based XNO anode material thanks to a significant, undisclosed investment from Volta…

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‘More battery materials mining needed’ to reach net-zero, study says 1024 680 Energy Storage Journal

‘More battery materials mining needed’ to reach net-zero, study says

August 3, 2023: Mining for battery materials needs to be ramped up worldwide over the next decade if countries are to meet their net-zero economy pledges, according to a new…

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Vistra’s Moss Landing ESS expanded to 750MW 1024 574 Energy Storage Journal

Vistra’s Moss Landing ESS expanded to 750MW

August 3, 2023: Energy firm Vistra announced on August 1 it had completed the expansion of its now 750MW/3,000MWh Moss Landing energy storage facility in California. Vistra said the third…

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Price teams up with Clerens to expand IFBF, retirement rumours exaggerated 768 1024 Energy Storage Journal

Price teams up with Clerens to expand IFBF, retirement rumours exaggerated

June 30, 2023: Flow batteries champion Anthony Price is teaming up with European consultancy Clerens NV as the International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF) heads toward its 15th year. Talk of …

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Mixed opinions as Invinity CEO urges flow batteries to drop ‘redox’ 478 752 Energy Storage Journal

Mixed opinions as Invinity CEO urges flow batteries to drop ‘redox’

June 30, 2023: Invinity Energy Systems CEO Larry Zulch has called for ‘redox’ to be dropped from the flow batteries lexicon. Zulch told the International Flow Battery Forum in Prague…

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