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India is well-positioned to emerge as a globally competitive non-China source for advanced carbon and battery materials

Panasonic is seeking to localise its U.S. supply chain for energy storage systems as it prepares to produce battery ​cells at a plant in Kansas as part of ‌a shift towards supplying data centres, the Japanese group's CEO said on Tuesday. "Since most of our customers are in the U.S. for these energy storage ​systems, we think it makes sense to complete the ​supply chain as much as possible within the U.S.," ⁠Yuki Kusumi said during a roundtable interview in Tokyo.

Ford launches Ford Energy to build utility-scale battery storage systems in Kentucky, repurposing EV batteries for a 20 GWh annual rollout by 2027 Ford has established The company could become a supplier for utility-scale projects and residential energy storage markets by repurposing EV battery manufacturing infrastructure in Kentucky.

This is of course public knowledge, but what this could mean to regional distribution of renewable energy power plants, as well as partnerships and business models that drive them, will be interesting to see.