FILE PHOTO: Battery Energy Storage System leaders and U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East (MICEAST)-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, cut a ribbon during a ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S., April 13, 2023. Under pressure from Congress, U.S. utility company Duke Energy plans to decommission energy-storage batteries produced by Chinese battery maker CATL at the base and will phase out the company’s products at its civilian projects, a congressional committee told Reuters. U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
