On 29 June, the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) and the China Automotive Battery Industry Innovation Alliance jointly released the ‘Initiative on Standardising Supplier Payment Practices for Power and Stationary Storage Battery Enterprises.’

The trend for mainland China-listed energy storage firms to seek secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange shows no sign of abating, writes Carrie Xiao.

Carrie Xiao reports back from this year’s edition of SNEC in Shanghai, China, the world’s biggest solar and energy storage expo.

On May 20, JA Solar announced the appointment of Wang Junsheng as president of its energy storage subsidiary, with the appointment taking immediate effect.

Chinese industrial automation and power technology firm Inovance Technology has filed its prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, planning to raise around US$2 billion (RMB 13.7 billion) following strong growth in its energy storage business.

PV inverter manufacturer and energy storage system integrator Sungrow has re-filed its listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

China exported 84.1GWh of batteries in the first quarter of 2025, of which around one-third was for stationary storage.

On 16 April, battery storage solutions provider Sigenergy was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) under the stock code 06656.HK.

Energy storage firm Guoxia Technology (02655.HK) has released its first full annual report since listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late last year.  

China’s biggest energy storage companies were out in force at a recent trade expo in Beijing, with integrated offerings, bigger battery cells, data centre solutions and sodium-ion products among the new products and tech on show.