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BloombergNEF has launched its Energy Storage Tier 1 list of providers, noting growth in new players from the China market.

China-headquartered energy storage system integrator and manufacturer CL Energy Storage Corporation (CLOU) has won an order in the US for “approximately” 480MWh of battery storage equipment.  

Analysis firm EnergyTrend has forecast that a “surge” in global large-scale energy storage system deployments is likely in 2024.

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Battery storage equipment manufactured by CATL and recently installed at a US Marine Corps facility has been disconnected after the raising of security concerns about the China-headquartered maker.

China-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer Hithium has agreed to supply 1GWh of products to US energy storage project developer Perfect Power through a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Huawei and BYD were among the five largest battery energy storage system (BESS) integrators globally last year, with the Chinese market going through a ‘price war’ of competition, according to research from Wood Mackenzie.

Substantial growth in China’s domestic energy storage market has led to locally-based players Sungrow and Hyperstrong becoming top five system integrators globally, S&P Global Commodity Insights said.

NHOA has put into operation a 107MWh BESS as part of an industrial microgrid project at a cement plant in Gaungdong province, China.