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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 and construction updates from 2 GWh of US batteries Spearmint Energy has secured $252 million funding for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, Trina is supplying a 371 MWh BESS in Houston, EDF has sourced long-term funding for an operational site in California, and Strata and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project in Arizona.

Apr 25, 2025

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Metlen sells 1.61 GWh of Chilean batteries as part of storage and solar portfolio The battery energy storage systems (BESS) are under construction and their completion, due this year, will close the $815 million sale.

Apr 25, 2025

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Mercom: Energy storage funding fell off a cliff in Q1 A sector which attracted $11.7 billion in funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the first quarter of last year secured only $2.2 billion in January through March this year, according to the analyst.

Apr 24, 2025

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CATL posts strong Q1 results amid policy headwinds The Chinese battery giant reports record net profit and rising global sales but faces inventory pressure and US tariff risks.

Apr 23, 2025

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Battery storage prices fall as demand grows in Italy, says industry Italian industry players saw energy storage systems fall in price in 2024, but 2025 may be a different story.

Lara Morandotti

Apr 22, 2025

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Eku Energy acquires 2 GWh UK battery project portfolio Eku Energy, the battery storage offshoot of Australian financial services group Macquarie, has acquired a 1 GW/2 GWh portfolio of energy storage projects in the United Kingdom.

Apr 22, 2025

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Australian investor plans multibillion-dollar long-duration energy storage platform Federation Asset Management will launch a long-duration energy storage fund that will aim to have around 4 GWh of batteries ready for financial close within two years.

Apr 16, 2025

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CEO: Battery business case ‘robust’ despite US policy uncertainty The chief executive of a London-based battery energy storage system (BESS) investor says batteries are booming but his fund has hedged its US-dollar income through 2030.

Apr 15, 2025

Finance

Eku Energy acquires 2 GWh UK BESS pipeline Deal with Bluestone Energy targeted for completion in first half of 2025. Transaction comprises seven UK BESS sites currently in development.

Apr 14, 2025

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