As New York races to meet its 2030 goal of six gigawatts of battery storage capacity, opposition to siting lithium-ion facilities in residential and commercial districts is intensifying. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has stepped into the debate, voicing concern over the risks posed by battery energy storage systems (BESS) in densely populated areas and pledging new federal safety guidance tailored for municipalities on Long Island.
Australia’s push to expand renewable energy and storage capacity faces a familiar bottleneck: trust between developers and local communities. A new federal initiative, the Developer Rating Scheme, aims to address that challenge by scoring renewable and storage companies on governance, financial stability, and community engagement, with the first results expected after March 2026.
12,000 cycles at 20C-rate with 99.2% capacity retention—the performance metric redefining durability for grid-scale batteries. The global push toward renewable…
The European Commission has cleared the formation of a joint venture between Japan’s Mitsubishi and Germany’s Bosch aimed at providing battery-related services for electric vehicles, signaling regulatory support for the continent’s accelerating EV ecosystem.
Denmark’s regional operator Lokaltog is deepening its commitment to battery-electric rail, ordering ten additional Stadler FLIRT Akku trains and bringing its total procurement to 24 units.
POSCO Future M has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese precursor producer CNGR and its Korean subsidiary FINO Inc. to expand LFP cathode production capacity.
India’s renewable energy sector entered the second half of 2025 with 185 GW of installed capacity, bolstered by a 22 GW addition in H1—a 60% year-on-year increase.
As China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) penetration rate surpasses 50%, the first major wave of EVs is exiting warranty coverage—exposing a costly weak spot in the sector’s after-sales ecosystem.
