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Hithium to invest €400 million in Spanish mega battery factory Chinese multinational Hithium is considering building a battery and energy storage systems manufacturing plant in Navarra, with an initial investment of around €400 million and the potential to create up to 1,050 jobs across two development phases.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 11, 2026

Finance

CATL sold 661 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2025, reports profit growth Chinese energy storage giant reports increased revenue and profits in 2025. Significant new manufacturing capacity expected to be under construction by the end of the year.

Mar 09, 2026

Grid-scale

Romania: Financial close for 1 GWh co-located battery; construction starts on 116 MWh BESS retrofit Vienna-based IPP Enery has secured €460 million green financing for one of Europe's biggest hybrid solar-and-storage project, while Denmark’s Eurowind Energy has kicked off installation of its 120 MWh Teiuș battery system, highlighting major momentum in Romania’s renewable energy transition.

Mar 04, 2026

Finance

Hold-type ABS for battery storage hits Shanghai Exchange, pioneering new financing path Canadian Solar-linked deal marks a financing milestone for standalone energy storage, though issuance still faces cash-flow and liquidity tests.

Mar 03, 2026

Grid-scale

TotalEnergies sells 50% stake in 1.6 GWh German battery portfolio to AllianzGI This is Allianz´s first direct equity investment in a portfolio of utility-scale battery storage projects.

Mar 03, 2026

Finance

Enervis Battery Storage Index: Slight recovery in January, but still weak winter levels Independent assessment of historical and future achievable revenues for large-scale battery storage systems

Mirko Schlossarczyk, Jonas Anthonioz

Feb 27, 2026

Finance

Statkraft inks its largest BESS PPA deal in the Nordics Power purchase agreement (PPA) with OX2 covers 235 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity across two projects in Finland. Both energy storage assets will be located alongside wind projects.

Feb 26, 2026

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Australia’s battery company Energy Renaissance goes into administration The New South Wales-based lithium ion battery company Energy Renaissance has gone into administration, just months after celebrating a decade in business.

Aug 22, 2025

Finance

FlexGen completes Powin acquisition, expands its battery fleet to more than 25 GWh FlexGen’s acquisition of Powin marks a major shake-up in the US battery storage industry, as market leaders face financial pressure, policy uncertainty, and shifting supply chain dynamics. Meanwhile, long-duration storage player ESS Inc. fights for survival amid early signs of commercial traction.

Aug 20, 2025

Finance

Energy storage finance fell 41%, year-to-June, despite rebound in project deals Political uncertainty and new trade tariffs have been cited by Mercom Capital Group as dampening activity.

Aug 20, 2025

Manufacturing

Australia launches fund to expand battery manufacturing The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has launched an AUD 500 million ($324 million) initiative aimed at supercharging Australia’s battery manufacturing industry and seizing opportunities associated with the global renewable energy transition.

Aug 20, 2025

Policy

Turbulent times for US energy storage US President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on July 4, dealing a blow to clean energy. The OBBBA kills many of the provisions in the US Inflation Reduction Act that were most impactful for the energy storage industry, and while no one is fully sure what comes next, many are bracing for turbulence.

Aug 19, 2025

Policy

Austria quadruples subsidy budget, approves 9,000-plus applications for solar, storage systems The government had budgeted €12 million ($14 million) for a second funding round but wants to finance successful applications and bring 220 MW new solar and 200 MWh of storage online.

Sandra Enkhardt

Aug 19, 2025

Gresham House, Thurcroft battery storage site

Finance

$324M refinancing for GRID’s 1GW UK battery portfolio, aims to expand battery capacity at existing sites Five-bank consortium offer refinancing for Gresham House's 28 operational UK battery storage sites, with additional battery capacity to be added.

Aug 18, 2025

Grid-scale

CIP acquires another 1 GWh Arizona battery CIP's fund has snapped up a 250 MW, four-hour duration BESS project in Arizona.

Aug 15, 2025

Industry

Assets on the move: Monsson buys second Swedish battery project, R.Power puts for sale sign up in Poland on solar plus storage Fu-Gen handed a fully ready-to-build project to Monsson Energy, R.Power wants to sell 400 MW of assets in Poland

Aug 14, 2025

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