We hear from US-based lithium sulfur battery firm Lyten executives about the firm’s deal to take ownership of European battery firm Northvolt.

Lyten’s deal to acquire and recommence operations of European battery firm Northvolt out of bankruptcy has winners and losers, but some of the challenges that led to its demise have already been solved.

The annual capacity of battery cell manufacturing for ESS in the US looks set to reach 50GWh by the end of next year, based on recent company announcements.

A lithium-sulfur battery startup has purchased Northvolt’s battery storage system factory in Poland and intends to reopen it immediately.

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.

We hear from sources about the state of health of Europe’s battery ecosystem, and how current industry incumbents are hoping to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors.

Cygni Energy, a manufacturer of electric vehicle battery packs and battery storage systems, has opened a ‘gigafactory’ in India.

US battery gigafactory ‘power play’ will see smaller vendors step back, write Anjali Joshi and Dan Finn-Foley of Clean Energy Associates.

ESN Premium discusses the ongoing adaptation of EV battery lines to stationary storage applications with Jaehong Park, CEO of LG ES Vertech.

We hear from startup Volklec which, like another European battery company Elinor, will build its batteries with a Chinese technology and manufacturing partner. They both say this will get around the challenges that ultimately doomed Europe’s first wave of battery startups, with Northvolt today declaring bankruptcy in Sweden.