Dow releases new silicone gel for high voltage PV
The company said that its Dowsil EG-4175 Silicone Gel resists temperatures of up to 180 C in next-generation IGBT modules used in inverters.
It’s easy to announce a battery gigafactory. It’s much harder to build one
America’s battery factory buildout hinges on experienced operating teams.
Polymer batteries could help protect the energy storage industry from copper tariffs
As tariffs push copper costs higher, one startup thinks additive manufacturing could free batteries from the metal altogether.
Fluence brings another part of battery supply chain to U.S.
The German- and U.S.-owned company says its new Houston fab brings to five the number of U.S. production sites it uses and has helped employ more than 1,200 manufacturing workers in the United States this year.
Financial stability ranking of energy storage manufacturers
The latest financial stability rankings from Sinovoltaics has Tesla, Mustang Battery, and Solid Power holding the top three spots in a report that tracks Altmann-Z scores for 57 manufacturers over the past three years.
U.S. needs a domestic rare earth element supply chain, says solar industry
Recent negotiations between the United States and China highlight geopolitical vulnerabilities. Rare earth elements play important roles in inverters, battery storage and grid technologies, said a report from SEIA.
CEA: 21 GWh of battery energy storage factories cancelled so far in 2025
Q2 reports from Clean Energy Associates highlight that while many American ESS manufacturing projects are getting cancelled or delayed, the appetite for domestic manufacturing is growing as costs fall.
Tesla deploys 9.6 GWh of batteries in Q2, 10 GWh Nevada cell factory ‘nears completion’
The electric vehicle company reported flat energy storage growth quarter over quarter but nearly 50% growth year to date compared with 2024. Tesla has deployed 37.9 GWh over the past four quarters and is approaching 100 GWh total deployed.
Policy uncertainty leads to $1.4 billion cancelled U.S. manufacturing investments in May
Republican districts are hit the hardest, with more than $9 billion in investments cancelled, delayed or closed so far in 2025, as businesses react to House and Senate bills that propose an early end or elimination of tax credits, according to E2.
Fluence opens battery enclosure and system hardware manufacturing plant in Arizona
Fluence has cut the ribbon to open its battery energy storage system (BESS) enclosure and battery management system (BMS) manufacturing plant in Goodyear, Arizona.
