Battery Industry News
Weekly coverage of the battery industry — EV batteries, grid-scale storage, marine electrification, regulation, and manufacturing. Written for engineers and system designers.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 36, 2026
This week in batteries: ev manufacturer ola electric brings cell-to-pack vertical integration into india’s utility-scale bess market with 20gwh mou, sk on signs 18gwh reciprocal lfp supply deal with neovolta power for us-made battery storage, tüv rheinland validates 4 kwh generation in aptera’s solar electric vehicle.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 35, 2026
This week in batteries: the hydrogen stream: africa’s first pv-driven hydrogen hub powers up, us firm lyten sets sights on norway’s morrow batteries following northvolt acquisition, invinity confirms epc contract award for 2.1gwh ‘landmark’ flow battery in switzerland.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 34, 2026
This week in batteries: india’s bess supply chain suffers a ‘policy intent and operational capacity’ gap, with battery cell self-sufficiency a decade or more away, australia’s cheaper home batteries program officially passes 500,000 installations, nextenergy uk acquires 107mw/151mwh standalone bess portfolio in the uk.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 33, 2026
This week in batteries: ev manufacturer ola electric brings cell-to-pack vertical integration into india’s utility-scale bess market with 20gwh mou, hydrogen-iron flow batteries: how elestor’s tech works, nextenergy uk acquires 107mw/151mwh standalone bess portfolio in the uk.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 32, 2026
This week in batteries: hydrogen-iron flow batteries: how elestor’s tech works, prosalia and edp hybridise solar pv/wind projects with batteries in portugal, spain, invinity sells 43mwh long-duration flow battery system to us midwest rural electric cooperative.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 31, 2026
This week in batteries: hanoi power corporation inaugurates the first 100mwh battery storage portfolio in vietnamese capital, sodium-ion bess: catl in 2gwh eastern europe collaboration, ess inc signs loi for 500mwh of us deployments, alpiq follows harmony energy acquisition with 1.2gwh project announcement.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 30, 2026
This week in batteries: wärtsilä completes delivery of 1,038 quantum units to 1,400mwh wooreen bess in australia, german startup launches high-voltage sodium-ion battery for residential applications, idemitsu plans 864 mwh vanadium flow battery at australian coal mine site.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 29, 2026
This week in batteries: hydrogen-iron flow batteries: how elestor’s tech works, prosalia and edp hybridise solar pv/wind projects with batteries in portugal, spain, invinity sells 43mwh long-duration flow battery system to us midwest rural electric cooperative.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 28, 2026
This week in batteries: hydrogen-iron flow batteries: how elestor’s tech works, prosalia and edp hybridise solar pv/wind projects with batteries in portugal, spain, invinity sells 43mwh long-duration flow battery system to us midwest rural electric cooperative.
Battery Industry Weekly — Week 27, 2026
This week in batteries: IEA reports 1.2 TWh of EV battery deployment in 2025, Ford starts building LFP cells in the US, CATL advances solid-state production, and the EU battery passport deadline draws closer.