Lithium-ion OEM Hithium’s failed Hong Kong listing amidst a lawsuit from larger competitor CATL may point to wider industry trends, with an increasingly competitive and larger battery industry meaning ever higher stakes.

Chinese solar PV inverter and energy storage provider Sungrow has announced two major developments: plans for a Hong Kong IPO and the release of its half-year 2025 interim report.

Listing via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is emerging as a key financing pathway for China’s energy storage players, writes Carrie Xiao.

The world’s largest lithium-ion battery company CATL has completed its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), raising US$4.5 billion.

Energy storage system integrator HyperStrong has concluded an IPO to list its shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s STAR Market for science and technology innovation companies.

Germany-based BESS integrator Intilion and its parent company Hoppecke have decided not to pursue a public listing because of the ‘current capital markets environment’.

Germany-based battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Intilion is planning to go public with an IPO in the third quarter of the year.

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) has bought convertible notes worth US$400 million in European lithium-ion gigafactory firm Northvolt.

Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu has invested in a vanadium mining, processing and electrolyte production project in Australia, while two other major vanadium projects have progressed.

Home energy storage system provider NeoVolta has raised US$3.9 million in a Nasdaq uplisting, lower than initially planned amidst ‘tough capital markets’ according the company’s CFO.