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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

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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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Manufacturing

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

Manufacturing

Waaree Energy Storage Solutions raises funding for 20 GWh lithium-ion cell and battery pack manufacturing facility Waaree Energy Storage Solutions has raised INR 1,003 crore ($111 million) to support the development of a 20 GWh lithium-ion cell and battery pack manufacturing facility.

Jan 05, 2026

Grid-scale

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.

Dec 22, 2025

Sodium-ion batteries

Moll Batterien garners more than $25 million for sodium-ion battery plant in Germany The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is supporting the project with €19.65 million, and there is an additional €2.5 million from the EU.

Sandra Enkhardt

Dec 19, 2025

Manufacturing

JA Solar expands into energy storage with new subsidiary The PV giant is stepping up its energy storage push with a new Beijing subsidiary capitalized at RMB 300 million ($42 million).

Dec 16, 2025

Distributed

Australia commits extra $3.3 billion to home battery subsidy The Australian government has announced a major expansion of its Cheaper Home Batteries program, raising the funding allocation from the original AUD 2.3 billion to approximately AUD 7.2 billion over the next four years.

Dec 15, 2025

Industry

US: Trina Storage to deliver 1 GWh BESS; Samsung SDI lands $1.36B battery deal; BayWa r.e. secures funding for solar+storage Two major supply deals and new financing for a solar-plus-storage project in San Diego County headline the latest US energy storage developments.

Dec 12, 2025

Finance

Amazon leads US silicon solid-state battery maker’s $80 million fundraise Blue Current, which has a pilot production line in Hayward, California, will use the funding to advance commercialization of its silicon solid-state battery technology for stationary storage and mobility applications.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 10, 2025

Finance

Spanish storage: Iberdrola details its winning storage projects totalling $198M, local battery maker expands manufacturing The innovation energy storage project auction is seeing positive outcomes for Spain with a series of projects announced, and a domestic battery manufacturer rapidly expanding its output.

Dec 09, 2025

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