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Palisade inks deal to buy 100% tolled Australian big battery project One of the biggest batteries under construction in South Australia is set to change hands with Australian asset manager Palisade Investment Partners striking a deal to buy the 240 MW / 960 MWh Summerfield project from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

Apr 14, 2026

Finance

Deye shows first signs of significant profits for Chinese energy storage makers Deye projected a 70% rise in profits for first-quarter profits, as Chinese storage makers look set to benefit from the Iran conflict.

Apr 13, 2026

Finance

Construction underway at Thai 60 MWh facility in direct supply deal, courtesy of Japanese funding Japan is helping an industrial giant decarbonize via solar and storage, in a cross-border subsidy scheme.

Apr 13, 2026

Finance

Envision inks $500 million finance deal following AI announcement Chinese energy company announced major funding package one week on from launch of 12.5 MWh AI battery energy storage system (BESS). Backed by more than $1 billion of finance deals in 2026 , Envision Energy is eyeing global expansion.

Apr 13, 2026

Finance

CATL invests $600 million in Chinese data center power business Battery manufacturer increases investment in Zhongheng Electric shareholder, a data center power system provider in China. The deal sees CATL increase exposure to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) infrastructure as AI sector pursues DC architecture for data centers.

Apr 10, 2026

Finance

Energy Vault enters Japanese market with 850 MW storage portfolio acquisition Energy Vault has entered the Japanese energy market through a binding agreement to acquire an 850 MW pipeline of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, targeting an increasingly congested and solar curtailed grid.

Apr 10, 2026

Finance

Blackstone and Sunotec enter €250 million partnership across energy storage, grid upgrades Investment firm Blackstone has announced plans for a partnership with solar and storage project developer Sunotec, via a €250 million ($292.4 million) structured equity investment. The investment will support Sunotec’s project plans in Europe, as well as the company’s expansion into new areas including building grid infrastructure.

Apr 09, 2026

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Finance

Egypt’s 1GW / 200MWh solar-plus-storage project secures EBRD funding The Obelisk project in Egypt continues to advance, with new funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

May 13, 2025

Industry

Battery giant CATL aims to raise $4b in Hong Kong public stock listing This move facilitates fundraising, crucial for financing CATL's overseas expansion, notably a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in Hungary and other projects.

May 12, 2025

Finance

Reliance Power wins 175 MW/700 MWh battery storage supply in auction The latest win positions Reliance Power as India’s largest integrated solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) player with a pipeline of 2.5 GWp solar and more than 2.5 GWh of BESS.

May 12, 2025

Industry

From arbitrage to asset: How batteries became ERCOT’s summer backbone The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is one of the most interesting in the world, and seeing enormous expansion of solar+storage. Enel North America explained more about their play in the pure-play energy market.

May 08, 2025

Markets

Tariffs reshape project economics for US energy storage A backlog of warehoused batteries may buffer the energy storage industry from immediate shocks but time is running out, according to reports by consultant Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

May 08, 2025

Finance

Large-scale storage financing: “There must be no uncovered risks” The pipeline for battery storage projects is expanding, but many still lack financing. Florian Hock and Marcus Starke from the Structured Finance Energy Origination division at Nord/LB discuss what truly matters, from coherent overall concepts and reliable contractual partners to the role of municipalities and securing revenues through tolling agreements.

May 06, 2025

Distributed

Labor election win brings Australian household battery rebate The work schedules of Australia’s battery retailers and installers will likely get busy in the coming months with Labor’s win in the federal election paving the way for the introduction of an AUD 2.3 billion ($1.48 billion) national subsidy scheme.

May 06, 2025

Finance

Loan for Guatemalan renewables, energy storage minigrids The minigrids, and individual solar-plus-storage systems, form part of a Rural Electrification Access Program planned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

May 05, 2025

Manufacturing

German battery maker Customcells files for insolvency The battery technology company, spun out of the Fraunhofer Society in 2012, was reportedly unable to compensate for payment defaults by a major customer: flying taxi developer Lilium, which has been insolvent since February. The payment of CustomCells' 200 or so employees is guaranteed until June.

May 05, 2025

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