South Korea’s Samsung SDI has signed its first US lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell deal, while Chinese integrator Trina Storage has expanded an existing supply partnership.

Cell manufacturing overcapacity and intense competition contributed to an 8% decline in the average cost of lithium-ion battery packs, according to BloombergNEF.

Manoa Energy and HD Renewable Energy Japan have begun commercial operation of a 50MW/104MWh battery storage project in Hokkaido, Japan.

Battery storage products from prominent international providers Sungrow, Wärtsilä and Chint Power have undergone recent fire safety tests.

With Document No. 136 scrapping the mandatory energy storage allocation requirement for renewable energy and the rollout of policies governing new energy storage, China’s energy storage market is going through a period of dynamic change.

The US market is expected to be the largest source of revenue and driver of activity for Fluence in 2026, and a second battery cell deal with a domestic supplier is imminent.

As Australia accelerates its transition toward renewables, demand for reliable & sustainable energy storage solutions has never been higher.  

The battery storage industry’s race for higher energy density should be put into a site-level perspective, rather than focusing solely on larger cells.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has agreed on BESS and hybrid solar developments with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

India’s Adani Group has made its first entry into the battery storage market, announcing a ‘flagship deployment’ that will be the country’s largest project so far when completed.