Energy storage

United States

SMT Energy, Axpo Sign Seven-Year Battery Storage Swap Agreement in ERCOT

July 7, 2026 — SMT Energy and Axpo have signed a 120 MW, seven-year battery storage swap agreement linked to SMT Energy’s Houston IV BESS, a newly operational…

United States

Tesla Reports Q2 2026 Production, Deliveries and Energy Storage Deployment

Tesla, Inc. reported on July 2 that it produced more than 450,000 vehicles and delivered over 480,000 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026.The company also de…

Canada

Moment Energy Opens World's Largest EV Battery Repurposing Facility in Canada

Moment Energy has officially inaugurated Megafactory 1, which it describes as the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) battery repurposing facility, bringi…

United States

e‑STORAGE to Deliver 426 MWh of Energy Storage in Florida

Canadian Solar on June 25 announced that e-STORAGE, its energy storage solutions business, has entered into a supply agreement with an electric utility in Flori…

China

Octopus Energy, CATL Launch Joint Venture to Bring Truck Battery Swapping to Europe

Octopus Energy and CATL announced on June 22 a joint venture called "Swaptopus" to build a network of battery-swapping hubs for electric trucks across the UK an…

Italy

Octopus to install 99-MW Italian battery with ZE Energy

Renewables investor Octopus Energy Generation has teamed up with French solar-plus-storage specialist ZE Energy to build a 98.5-MW/895-MWh battery project in It…

South Africa

Mulilo reaches financial close on BESS project in South Africa

Mulilo has reached financial close on the Hartebeesfontein battery energy storage system (BESS) project, a 77 MW/308 MWh facility located near Klerksdorp in the…

United States

Voltus Acquires Brightfield AI to Accelerate Energy Storage Deployment

Voltus, Inc., the leading virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform, announced on June 10 its acquisition of Brightfield…

China

Chinese battery maker CATL expects energy storage to make up half of global sales by 2030

China's CATL , the world's biggest battery maker, expects energy storage to account for half of its global sales by 2030, up from ​25% now, a company e…

Japan

Maxell to Begin Joint Research with JAXA on All-Solid-State Battery Technology

Maxell has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for its JAXA Space Technologies Rapid Evaluation Program on Small Satellite (JAXA-STEP…

United States

esVolta Secures Upsized Corporate Credit Facility to Support Expansion of Energy Storage Portfolio

esVolt, a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across North America, announced on June 3 that it closed an ex…

Australia

Recharge Power partners with Energy Decarb for 292MWh battery storage pipeline in Australia

Recharge Power, a Taiwanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer and integrator, has partnered with Australian renewable energy developer Energy Decar…

United States

LG Energy Solution Signs $1.6 Billion ESS Supply Deal With DTE Energy

LG Energy Solution said on May 28 that it signed a large-scale energy storage system (ESS) battery supply agreement with DTE Energy, the largest energy company …

Australia

Fortescue accelerates Real Zero with construction of 690MW solar farm and 650MWh battery energy storage system

Construction has commenced on Fortescue’s 690MW Turner River solar farm in the Pilbara – the final solar installation required to deliver the Compan…

China

New Chinese battery offers fresh hope for hydrogen storage

Chinese researchers have built a new type of battery that may solve one of the biggest challenges in clean energy: how to store hydrogen easily and efficiently.…