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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

Finance

Inside the financing of Egypt’s largest solar‑plus‑storage project Norwegian developer Scatec ASA has commissioned the first phase of the 1.1 GW Obelisk solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Egypt, backed by $479.1 million in development finance institution (DFI) debt and a fully contracted storage revenue model.

Brian Publicover

Apr 20, 2026

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Svolt battery

Manufacturing

SVOLT abandons plans to open battery factory in Germany Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT has cancelled plans to open a plant in the German state of Brandenburg. Meanwhile, its plans for cell production in Saarland, southwest Germany, continue to be delayed.

May 29, 2024

Team of Verkor

Manufacturing

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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