We hear from industry sources about the significance of the CATL-HyperStrong sodium-ion BESS battery deal. Does it make a real turning point for the technology as an alternative to lithium-ion?

Trinasolar’s Europe & LAC president, Gonzalo de la Viña, discusses Trina Storage, the Chinese solar PV giant’s battery storage business, its strategies and projects.

With CATL and HyperStrong’s 60GWh sodium-ion battery deal announcement yesterday, it’s an ideal time to look at the different sodium-ion cell chemistries and battery products available for BESS today.

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

Battery manufacturer CATL and system integrator HyperStrong have entered into a 60GWh sodium-ion battery order deal, which CATL said marks a ‘turning point in the industrialisation of sodium-ion batteries’.

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

Power firm RWE has partnered with distributed battery storage firm Polarium for a battery-based virtual power plant (VPP) in Germany.

Tesla’s quarterly energy storage deployments fell 15% while revenues for its energy division dropped 12% year-over-year from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026.

Measures to limit EU exposure to fossil fuel supply chain and energy price shocks are welcome, but many questions remain, clean energy associations have said.

We look at the potential of flow batteries for LDES and compare the leading providers’ offerings and trajectories.