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Matrix secures financing for 500 MW Scotland project; Tavion raises funds, secures 1.7 GW Poland pipeline Fresh financing is flowing towards battery storage developers in Europe with ambitious deployment plans.

Apr 30, 2026

Finance

CATL raises $5 billion in share sale, Sungrow files for Hong Kong IPO for the second time CATL has completed a roughly $5 billion share sale in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chinese inverter and battery manufacturing giant Sungrow is making a second attempt at an IPO after its initial listing bid, launched in October 2025, lapsed.

Apr 28, 2026

Eos battery with an American flag.

Finance

US medium duration storage endures woes, while Form’s long duration grows, and lithium overflows U.S. medium and long duration manufacturers EOS and ESS are showing stress, while Form Energy is outpacing projections and now must scale – all while being stalked by lithium’s ever widening use profile.

John Fitzgerald Weaver

Apr 28, 2026

Finance

Grenergy signs 12 year tolling deal for Spanish hybrid project with 680 MWh BESS The new tolling agreement is likely the most significant for co-located battery storage in Europe in terms of both project size and contract duration.

Apr 27, 2026

Policy

Europe: AccelerateEU supports a 200 GW storage target, but omits financing mechanism The European Commission’s AccelerateEU energy crisis plan endorses a 200 GW battery storage target for 2030 but proposes no dedicated financing mechanism to reach it, according to SolarPower Europe (SPE), which is calling for a separate EU-wide auction funded by emissions trading revenues.

Brian Publicover

Apr 27, 2026

Finance

Elon Musk says Tesla’s energy storage business “very strong”, actual forecast for 2026 is weak New information out of Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings call overnight shows the energy storage business growth may have stalled.

Apr 23, 2026

Finance

Financing deals: $1.3 billion for Reden expansion, Brookfield-backed Evren raises $600m for 1 GW hybrid project Large infrastructure funds have secured bank financing to support large-scale solar and energy storage projects across the globe.

Apr 22, 2026

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Grid-scale

GUVNL launches 1.6 GWh battery storage tender in India Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL)—the state electricity regulation owned by the state government of Gujarat—is accepting bids to set up standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) connected with the state grid with an aggregate storage capacity of 800 MWh (400 MW x 2 hours).

Sep 04, 2024

Finance

Early retirement of coal-fired power plants in APAC region good for bottom line: study Multi-country research has found that retiring coal-fired power plants sooner rather than later can have financial benefits for investors, and free up capital for investing in renewables.

Sep 03, 2024

Industry

Ingrid Capacity partners with Locus Energy in Nordics In what the company is saying is the second largest of its kind in the Nordics, battery storage facilities will be completed by the summer of 2025, marking a crucial step in achieving its goal of installing and managing 8 GW of capacity across Europe by 2030.

Sep 02, 2024

Finance

US DOE allocates funding for community solar, battery storage in Puerto Rico The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Programa de Comunidades Resilientes will fund solar and battery storage facilities across Puerto Rico serving low- and moderate-income communities.

Aug 29, 2024

Grid-scale

Clearway closes $550m for solar-plus-storage project in California The 140 MW solar and 472 MWh storage project is expected to generate enough electricity to power 63,000 homes.

Aug 28, 2024

Flow batteries

Australian battery manufacturer Redflow enters voluntary administration The Brisbane-headquartered company made the move after failing to secure the capital needed to upscale its X10 battery, intended for large-scale projects.

Aug 23, 2024

Varta energy storage

Industry

Porsche takes majority stake in Varta’s battery production Sports car manufacturer Porsche has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Varta's V4Drive Battery GmbH, providing fresh cash to the embattled battery maker.

Aug 19, 2024

Large battery storage field

Grid-scale

Form Energy iron-air battery in Maine granted $147 million The US Department of Energy is supporting Power Up New England with $389 million of federal funding. As part of the Power Up New England program, Form Energy is to deploy an 85 MW/8500 MWh multi-day battery system in Lincoln, Maine.

Aug 16, 2024

Offgrid

Offgrid PV-driven hydrogen vs. standalone solar-plus-storage A German research team has compared the economic performance of an offgrid PV-electrolyser-fuel cell system with that of a standalone solar-plus-storage counterpart in a building in Niger. Its analysis showed that decentralized PV-driven hydrogen could achieve considerable lower levelized cost of energy and levelized cost of storage than the PV-battery system, with these values reaching €0.12 ($13.1)/kWh and €0.35/kWh, respectively.

Emiliano Bellini

Aug 16, 2024

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