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’.

TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with a co-located battery storage and gigawatt-scale wind project in Kazakhstan, Central Asia.  

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

HD Renewable Energy and utility Tokyo Gas signed a deal for two large-scale projects in another busy week for Japan’s growing battery storage market.

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.  

Energy Vault has entered what it has described as “one of the world’s fastest-growing energy storage markets,” acquiring a portfolio of development projects in Japan.

The recent European Union-India agreement could unlock innovation and scale in energy storage, writes Eugene Beh, CEO of Quino Energy.

Amid growing interest in Japan’s battery storage market, a consortium of major Japanese businesses is targeting 174MW of deployments.

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.