Waters: US energy storage success requires partnering with Chinese companies
Jeff Waters · What’s next for the battery storage boom? [partner content] · Apr 23, 2025 · at 1:46
Jeff Waters, CEO of energy storage integrator Powin, argues against blocking Chinese investment and technology from U.S. battery storage manufacturing.
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“The only way we're going to get anywhere in the U.S. Market with storage is by partnering with the Chinese.”
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