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CATL and HyperStrong Seal Record 60 GWh Sodium‑Ion Deal, Signalling Commercial Breakthrough

CATL and HyperStrong on April 27 signed a three‑year strategic cooperation agreement for 60 GWh of sodium‑ion batteries, marking what both companies call the...

Rising Costs to Drive Further Increases in EV Cell Prices in 2Q26, Says TrendForce

TrendForce’s latest research on the lithium battery industry reveals that surging raw material prices in 1Q26 supported an upward trend in EV battery pricing...

Rolls-Royce and CATL Forge Strategic Partnership for Grid-Scale Energy Storage in the EU and UK

Rolls-Royce, through its Power Systems division, and Chinese battery manufacturer CATL have announced a strategic cooperation agreement to introduce CATL’s new TENER product line...

BYD’s FinDreams unit to supply battery cells to Tesla’s Shanghai Megafactory

BYD's battery making unit FinDreams will be Tesla's new supplier of energy storage cells outside of CATL, securing more than 20 percent of orders...

China’s 1st large-scale sodium battery energy storage station put into operation

A 10-MWh sodium-ion battery energy storage station has been put into operation in Guangxi, southwest China, the country's first large-scale energy storage plant using...

What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains

Daniel Cohan, Rice University After nearly two decades of stagnation, U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by growing numbers of electric cars, data centers and...

Solar batteries: a new material makes it possible to simultaneously absorb light and store energy

University of Córdoba The collaborative effort between the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) is making progress on...

You’ve heard of water droughts. Could ‘energy’ droughts be next?

In a new modeling study, researchers show how widely wind and solar potential vary by season and year, suggesting that backup energy sources may...

China begins using air compression to store energy and generate electricity during peak hours

The challenge for the power industry is how to shrink the gap between the peak and bottom of electricity consumption. In China, many new...

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that...

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