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Saft to supply 356 MWh battery storage project in Taiwan French energy storage specialist Saft says it will provide 356 MWh of containerized batteries to a project in Taiwan, raising its total capacity on the island to 630 MWh by 2026.
Max Hall
Oct 29, 2025
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Fluence expands US battery production with new Texas fab Fluence says its new Houston fab brings the number of its US production sites to five and has helped employ more than 1,200 manufacturing workers this year.
Max Hall
Aug 25, 2025
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US battery supplier Powin files for bankruptcy Oregon-based battery system integrator Powin faces rising tariffs as it imports lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery components from China.
Max Hall
Jun 11, 2025
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Technicians from irrigation startup Irri-Hub install solar panels on the roof of a farm in Kisumu, Kenya.
The USAID crisis Taking apart the US Agency for International Development (USAID) could deprive African governments in dire need of solar energy expertise, over and above the loss of crucial grant funding schemes, as Max Hall reports.
Max Hall
May 02, 2025
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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.
Max Hall
Apr 18, 2025
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How to trump the flow battery doubters While some clean energy executives are worried over the new US administration and its stance on the energy transition, others have been talking up the fossil fuel industry-friendly aspects of flow batteries that may be needed to power a boom in artificial intelligence-focused data centers.
Max Hall
Mar 05, 2025
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Record 13.6 GWh of battery energy storage capacity added in January Rho Motion noted big projects in Saudi Arabia and Hubei, China, and reported the only non-lithium-ion sites were three Chinese vanadium flow batteries.
Max Hall
Feb 21, 2025
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Lion Storage closes finance on 1.4 GWh merchant battery in Netherlands Tesla will provide 372 of its MegaPack 2 XL battery systems as well as engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services.
Max Hall
Feb 19, 2025
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Forecasting matters The history of the global solar industry has had a pervasive feature: modelers have consistently missed PV’s meteoric rise. Toby D. Couture and David Jacobs, coordinators of the think tank Global Solar PV Brain Trust, report on their latest findings.
Max Hall
Feb 07, 2025