Energy storage-focused lithium-ion OEM Hithium has started mass production of the world’s first 1,000Ah+ battery cell, which it is targeting for long-duration energy storage (LDES) applications.

Hithium has opened a 10GWh battery module and system factory in Texas, while LG Energy Solution has begun mass-producing cells in Michigan.

More product announcement news from last week’s ees Europe trade show and expo in Munich, Germany, with Sunwoda, Hithium, Rept, Canadian Solar, Sungrow and Aeson Power revealing new BESS solutions.

A few weeks ago, a battery recycling deal was announced for a 640MWh BESS project in Australia, but the project isn’t even built yet and the cells have 25-year warranties – we caught up with the company recycling the batteries to hear more.

Battery recycling firm Livium, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Envirostream Australia, has partnered with Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries from Lightsource bp’s Woolooga solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium and Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (Samsung C&T) have penned a new agreement targeting around 10GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity globally.

Lightsource bp has selected Hithium as the supplier of battery storage technology for a 222MW/640MWh solar co-located project in Queensland, Australia.  

On 12 December 2024, the second Hithium Eco-Day, themed ‘The Freedom of Energy, The Revolution of Life,’ was held successfully in Beijing, China.

Hithium has launched a battery storage solution for use in desert conditions and plans to build a 5GWh production plant in Saudi Arabia.

Hithium has become the latest overseas player to seek to onshore production of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment and components in the US.