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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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Verkor secures €1.3 billion for French gigafactory French battery manufacturer Verkor has secured more than €1.3 billion ($1.41 billion) in green financing for the construction of its first gigafactory in France. The production facility will supply batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and stationary storage across Europe.

May 28, 2024

Headquarter of Solarwatt in Dresden

Finance

Solarwatt ends battery storage production in Germany Solarwatt will discontinue production of energy storage systems in Germany by the years' end. In the future, the Dresden-based company will have all of its PV modules and storage systems manufactured exclusively in Asia.

Ralph Diermann, Sandra Enkhardt

May 28, 2024

Battery containers from Pacific Energy

Finance

Sosteneo to buy 49% of Enel’s battery business Generali Investments' Sosteneo unit will acquire 49% of the share capital in Enel Libra Flexsys, a company fully owned by Italian utility Enel, which operates a 1.7 GW portfolio of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Mar 04, 2024

Tiamat sodium-ion batteries

Finance

Tiamat secures funding for sodium-ion gigafactory in France French sodium-ion battery maker Tiamat has raised €30 million ($32.6 million) in equity and debt financing. It will use the funds to launch the construction of a 5 GWh production plant in the Hauts-de-France region.

Jan 19, 2024

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