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CATL locks $17 billion battery material deal as lithium prices soar
As lithium prices surged to a two-year high in early 2026, the world’s largest battery maker, CATL, moved to secure a mega-order of lithium iron phosphate cathode material in what ranks among the largest battery materials deals ever announced.
Jan 15, 2026
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Kick off in Oslo’s Intility Arena: Battery flattens matchday peaks, earns revenue for startup
Norwegian startup Peak Shaper has commissioned a 1.2 MW battery system at Intility Arena, utilizing an "Energy as a Service" model without capital costs for those that want a battery. Torfinn Årdalsbakke, a project developer at Peak Shaper, tells ESS News more.
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HMC breaks into battery storage as part of 15 GW clean energy push
Australian asset manager HMC Capital has signed an AUD 50 million ($33.77 million) deal to acquire a majority stake in Sydney-headquartered battery project developer Stor-Energy, which is looking to progress 1.4 GW of battery storage projects across Australia.
Battery cell prices continue to plummet as lithium prices hit new low
The analysis from Taipei-based intelligence provider TrendForce finds that the average price for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage system cells was CNY 0.41/Wh ($ 0.056/Wh) in June, posing a challenge to cost control for most cell makers.
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Interview with Trina Storage: We expect consolidation in the coming years
In a recent interview with pv magazine Italia, Gabriele Buccini, head of utility storage at Trina Solar, talked about the company's vertical integration and its forecasts for the storage market. “There is enough capacity available to drive prices down in 2024 in an anomalous way,” Buccini said when talking about global battery energy storage production levels.
In Conversation: How cheap can battery storage get?
Rapidly declining battery energy storage prices are on everyone’s lips, but rare are the ones who can say for how long costs can stay on a downward trajectory. pv magazine ESS News sat down with Taipei-based InfoLink Consulting to hear their take on the market developments.
Jul 04, 2024
Zinc batteries: Redflow teams with Stanwell on 400 MWh project, e-Zinc secures $31m commercialization funding
Australian zinc bromide flow battery specialist Redflow has struck a partnership with Queensland state-owned generation company Stanwell to work together on the development of a non-lithium long-duration battery energy storage solution for use in a 400 MWh project. Meanwhile, Toronto long duration energy storage specialist e-Zinc has secured $31 million which will go towards developement and completion of its pilot manufacturing facility in Mississauga, Ontario.
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US DOE to allocate $100 million for non-lithium, long-duration energy storage pilots
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund pilot-scale energy storage demonstration projects, focusing on non-lithium technologies, 10+ hour discharge systems, and stationary storage applications.
Tesvolt supplies NCA battery storage systems for 65 MWh German project
German battery maker Tesvolt has reported its largest order to date, which will see its systems based on nickel-cobalt-aluminium (NCA) chemistry deployed in a 30 MW/ 65 MWh energy storage park in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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