America's grid battery revolution.

China is often held up as leading the way in renewable energy, but it's actually the USA that has most enthusiastically embraced battery energy storage to help stabilize the electricity grid, and in some surprising locations. But is it all about the noble effort of decarbonisation or are we seeing some market profiteering here?

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Research Links

Batteries vs Pumped Hydro
https://reneweconomy.com.au/battery-storage-is-about-to-overtake-global-capacity-of-pumped-hydro/

Tierra Climate
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Europe Grid Storage
https://www.energy-storage.news/europe-10gw-energy-storage-2023-eu-policies-drive-major-growth-this-decade/

https://ease-storage.eu/publication/emmes-8-0-march-2024/

EU Battery sourcing benefits
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/13/european-made-batteries-could-be-60-less-carbon-intensive-than-chinese-analysis/

Cushman and Wakefield - China battery energy storage
https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/greater-china/insights/china-battery-energy-storage-system-report-2024

Australia battery energy storage
https://www.energy-storage.news/australia-installed-2-5gwh-of-battery-storage-in-record-breaking-year-of-the-big-battery/

Bloomberg NEF
https://about.bnef.com/blog/lithium-ion-battery-pack-prices-hit-record-low-of-139-kwh/

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