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Energy storage firms spark Hong Kong IPO boom as H-Shares emerge as key financing platform

July 8, 2025
Listing via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is emerging as a key financing pathway for China’s energy storage players, writes Carrie Xiao.
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Entering the Smart String Grid Forming ESS Era with Huawei

July 4, 2025
With further penetration of solar and wind, grid-forming technologies will become an inevitable choice for the global power system.
IndiGrid's operational portfolio includes transmission (pictured) and solar PV, while the company recently brought online its first grid-scale BESS. Image: IndiGrid via X.

World Bank’s IFC commits financing to KKR-backed investor’s 360MWh battery storage project in Gujarat, India

July 4, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will loan IR4.6 billion (US$55 million) to infrastructure investor IndiGrid for a standalone battery storage project in Gujarat, India.
Rendering of the 6GWh LFP battery storage project in Ulanqab, central Inner Mongolia, China. Image: PowerChina.

PowerChina begins construction of ‘world’s largest generation-side’ battery storage project

July 3, 2025
PowerChina has begun construction on what is claimed to be the world’s largest generation-side electrochemical energy storage project.
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Energy storage ‘essential’ for renewable energy, minister says as BESS factory opens in Karnataka, India

June 30, 2025
Energy storage is essential to capture solar and wind generation, Karnataka’s energy minister said, at the opening of the ‘first fully automated’ battery storage factory in India.
Port Inc. and GridBeyond representatives with Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke, in Tokyo this week. Image: Port Inc.

‘Fresh, unsaturated market’: Gridbeyond begins BESS optimisation in Japan

June 27, 2025
Japan’s grid-scale battery storage market offers fresh opportunities with “amazing” returns, according to GridBeyond’s market optimisation director.
Chint Power's distributed PV-plus-storage solutions are designed to meet the demands of 'Document 136' regulations. Image: Carrie Xiao / Solar Media

SNEC 2025: Safety and modular design in focus for next-gen BESS technologies

June 26, 2025
Carrie Xiao’s exclusive reporting from SNEC 2025 continues with the latest in modular battery storage system design and approaches to fire safety.
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500Ah+ cells becoming new BESS industry standard as Chinese firms launch large-cell technology race

June 25, 2025
Carrie Xiao reports back from SNEC, the world’s biggest solar PV and energy storage trade show, where large-format lithium cells took centre stage.
Chhattisgarh, India. One of the country's first large-scale solar-plus-storage sites, inaugurated in February 2024 with SECI playing an instrumental role. Image: Press Information Bureau of India (PIB).

India: SECI launches major Solar+BESS tender, CEA issues BESS safety regulations

June 24, 2025
India’s renewable energy-adjacent battery storage sector rolls on, with new procurement and regulatory moves from SECI and CEA.
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The dynamics of BESS and cell supplier relationships

June 16, 2025
The question of where the cells in a BESS are from ties in to safety, performance, design and, increasingly, potential tariffs.

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