By George Touloupas and Jeff Zwijack

This article was originally published Energy Storage News.

CEA’s battery energy storage experts George Touloupas and Jeff Zwijack write about how rapid technology improvements and trade policy risk pose a dilemma for US battery storage procurement decision-makers.

Complexity is increasing for teams that source utility-scale battery energy storage systems for US projects as they attempt to balance ongoing trade policy risks with exciting design improvements that promise to improve energy densities and cut system costs. 

The risk of more restrictive trade policy in the future points to buying now, while technological advancements that promise energy density improvements favour delaying the procurement decision for a year or two…

Read the full Energy Storage News article.

George Touloupas is Senior Director of Technology and Quality for Clean Energy Associates and Jeff Zwijack is CEA’s Senior Manager of Energy Storage.