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Narada Power launches 783 Ah cell, 8.3 MWh solid state battery The new 20-foot Center L Max system is configurable for storage durations ranging from two to eight hours and is compatible with 2000 V platforms. It utilizes the manufacturer’s proprietary 783 Ah cells, which feature an oxide solid electrolyte.

Products

Marija Maisch

Apr 25, 2025

Consultation over 5 GWh French sodium-ion battery factory Startup Tiamat wants an initial 700 MWh-per-year pilot line operational but a 2025 commissioning date will likely be pushed back into next year.

Sodium-ion batteries

Marie Beyer

Apr 25, 2025

Statkraft signs Trading and Optimisation Services Agreement with Eku Energy The 40 MW Loudwater Battery Energy Storage System is currently under construction, and Statkraft will maximise the value of the storage flexibility across the wholesale and ancillary service markets

Press releases

Statkraft

Apr 25, 2025

Finance and construction updates from 2 GWh of US batteries Spearmint Energy has secured $252 million funding for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, Trina is supplying a 371 MWh BESS in Houston, EDF has sourced long-term funding for an operational site in California, and Strata and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project in Arizona.

Finance

Max Hall

Apr 25, 2025

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Sodium-ion batteries

Marie Beyer

Apr 25, 2025

Adani Green secures deal for 1.25 GW of Indian pumped hydro The renewables business of airports-to-weapons conglomerate Adani was awarded the contract to develop the pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) capacity by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corp. Ltd (UPPCL) in February.

Grid-scale

Uma Gupta

Apr 24, 2025

Tariff uncertainty grips US battery development The Trump administration’s China tariffs have piled atop existing and developing trade barriers on battery energy storage systems, components, and materials – destabilizing the US energy storage industry. While existing inventories will allow project development to move forward in the short term, uncertainty extends across the supply chain, including to prospective manufacturers.

Policy

Jonathan Gifford

Apr 23, 2025

Markets

What California and Texas can learn from Australia’s energy storage boom Australia has positioned itself as a global laboratory for energy storage deployment.

Phoebe Skok

Apr 23, 2025

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Sodium-ion batteries

Marie Beyer

Apr 25, 2025

E.ON partners with Superdielectrics to develop novel polymer-based energy storage E.ON is now working with a UK-based battery tech firm to advance more environmentally friendly energy storage for households.

R&D

Tristan Rayner

Apr 17, 2025

UL battery safety standard updated for new storage chemistries Underwriters Laboratories (UL) says the fifth edition of its ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A standard addresses technology such as sodium-ion batteries and new use-cases including rooftop installations.

Fire risk and safety

Max Hall

Apr 17, 2025

South Korean research leads to new lith-ion hybrid anode material “This research offers a pathway to smaller, lighter, and more efficient energy storage for next-generation electronic devices,” said Dongguk University Professor Jae-Min Oh.

R&D

Ev Foley

Apr 17, 2025

Flow batteries

XL Batteries launches grid-scale organic flow battery project With no rare metals or fire risk, the Massachusetts startup is pushing a new model for long-duration energy storage.

Phoebe Skok

Apr 10, 2025

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Finance

Max Hall

Apr 25, 2025

Metlen sells 1.61 GWh of Chilean batteries as part of storage and solar portfolio The battery energy storage systems (BESS) are under construction and their completion, due this year, will close the $815 million sale.

Grid-scale

Luis Ini

Apr 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Uma Gupta

Apr 24, 2025

Construction starts on first big battery to directly connect to TenneT Netherlands network Dutch energy storage firm Return has started construction on the 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system in Waddinxveen, which will be the first project of the size to connect to the TenneT Netherlands high-voltage network in 2026. Vattenfall will manage and optimize half of the system’s capacity under an eight-year contract.

Grid-scale

Marija Maisch

Apr 24, 2025

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Sodium-ion batteries

Marie Beyer

Apr 25, 2025

Finance

Max Hall

Apr 25, 2025

Thermal storage startup Exowatt gets funding injection from Silicon Valley VCs The interest from Silicon Valley comes as data centers require rapid sources of new supply, with funding supporting a U.S. domestic manufacturer of thermal energy storage. However, the technology faces competition from solar PV and batteries.

Manufacturing

Tristan Rayner

Apr 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Luis Ini

Apr 25, 2025

Mercom: Energy storage funding fell off a cliff in Q1 A sector which attracted $11.7 billion in funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the first quarter of last year secured only $2.2 billion in January through March this year, according to the analyst.

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Max Hall

Apr 24, 2025

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