Featured in The Long Game – 02-2023

Pump up the batteries, Joe!

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is set to ignite the energy storage market in 2024, as analysts expect up to 65 GW/260 GWh of projects through 2026. The outlook is for battery project sizes to increase as the pipeline takes shape, reports pv magazine USA’s Michael Schoeck.

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Michael Schoeck

08 Feb 2023

Flow battery producer Invinity Energy is one of a number of companies supplying Native American projects in the United States, bolstered by subsidies as part of the IRA suite of measures. | Photo: Invinity

With the divisions present in US politics, people were caught off guard in August 2022 when the largest piece of climate legislation in the nation’s history was signed into law by President Joe Biden. A culmination of the thwarted Build Back Better Act – which floundered thanks to opposition from the Democrat duo of Senator …

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