US faces ‘significant challenge’ to establish domestic battery cell supply for BESS market

Would-be battery manufacturers that could serve the US energy storage industry with domestically made cells are facing a “perfect storm,” Energy-Storage.news has heard.
DYCM Power to build 6GW cell and module facility in south-east US

DYCM Power has announced plans to build a 6GW solar cell and module manufacturing facility in the south-east of the US.
Fluence and Saft start US manufacturing for domestic content

Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrators Fluence and Saft have launched US domestic manufacturing, of modules and BESS containers respectively.
PV manufacturing in US up nearly fourfold since IRA introduction

Solar manufacturing capacity in the US has nearly quadrupled in the two years since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law.
Silfab Solar launches n-type Utility NTC module series ahead of RE+

Silfab Solar has launched its Utility NTC 620-640 XL series of n-type modules, which boast a power conversion efficiency of 23%.
Polysilicon prices rise across the board, silicon material companies all suffer losses

Polysilicon prices increased slightly across the board last week, but silicon producers continue to struggle with revenues.
Summit Ridge, Siemens sign inverter supply deal for US domestic content bonus

The 1,000 inverters will be deployed at Summit Ridge’s projects across Illinois and Virginia starting in Q1 2025.
Georgia Power secures Tesla battery supply agreement for 2GWh BESS portfolio

Georgia Power has secured a battery and equipment supply agreement (BESA) with Tesla for a 500MW/2,000MWh BESS portfolio made up of four projects of varying sizes under development by the investor-owned utility (IOU).
US ROUND-UP: Arevon, Doral secure project financing in Indiana; 220MW AES project comes online

Arevon said that the transaction made use of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) tax credit transferability scheme.
Trina Solar signs 1.2GW TOPCon module supply agreement for Indonesia-Singapore PV export project

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has signed a 1.2GW TOPCon module framework supply agreement with renewables developer Vanda RE in Indonesia.