International Power Supply (IPS) has officially opened its new battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing facility near Sofia, Bulgaria – a site recognized by the European Commission as a Strategic Project under the Net-Zero Industry Act. . The manufacturing facility has launched with 3 GWh annual capacity, set to expand to 5 GWh by Q2 2026. It is the first gigafactory in Bulgaria for battery energy storage systems (BESS). The plant will deliver 8. 2 MWh X-BESS modules using over 70% European components. International Power Supply (IPS) has officially. . WARSAW (ICIS)–To address rapidly growing demand for energy storage, International Power Supply (IPS) is set to officially open a new automated manufacturing facility of industrial and utility scale batteries in Bulgaria in September, Mariyana Yaneva, CEO at IPS, told ICIS in an exclusive interview. This initiative aims to meet the rising demand for turnkey. .
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In February, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reported that the US grid would drop 8. 1 gigawatts of coal power this year in scheduled retirements, including some of the nation's largest: Intermountain Power in Utah (1. 8 gigawatts), JH Campbell in Michigan (1. 33 GW), and. . Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Like zombies rising from the grave to devour the living, old coal power plants have begun to shake off the dust, adding to the burden of skyrocketing electricity costs. Not to worry. They won't last long. The so-called. . The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has confirmed that continued greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from thermoelectric power plants, will accelerate global warming. The consequences of this include extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, floods, severe. .
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