Battery Industry Weekly — Week 35
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.
The Hydrogen Stream: Africa’s first PV-driven hydrogen hub powers up
Cbm-Tech has launched a green hydrogen hub in Walvis Bay combining 5 MW of solar, a 5 MW PEM electrolyzer and 5.9 MWh of battery storage.
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US firm Lyten sets sights on Norway’s Morrow Batteries following Northvolt acquisition
US lithium-sulphur battery company Lyten is aiming to acquire another of Europe’s failed homegrown battery startups, Norway’s Morrow Batteries, which went into bankruptcy earlier this year.
Invinity confirms EPC contract award for 2.1GWh ‘landmark’ flow battery in Switzerland
Invinity Energy Systems has hired an EPC partner for its gigawatt-hour-scale vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage project in Laufenberg, Switzerland.
Quinbrook taps GE Vernova and CATL for the third stage of Australia’s largest battery storage system
GE Vernova and CATL selected for 1,216MWh Supernode Stage 3 in Queensland, which will expand Australia\'s largest battery storage system.
India’s BESS supply chain suffers a ‘policy intent and operational capacity’ gap, with battery cell self-sufficiency a decade or more away
India’s battery storage sector will remain far from self-sufficient in cell supply for at least a decade, Wood Mackenzie says.
Australia’s Allegro Energy partners with Jena Flow Batteries to scale microemulsion flow battery manufacturing
Allegro Energy has entered a strategic partnership with Jena Flow Batteries and its parent company Suqian Time Energy Technology.
Handling cell imbalances, communications interoperability and other blockers to BESS asset success
Orchestrating battery storage components, containers, systems and portfolios is key to successful operation, says Ryan Franks.
LG Energy Solution begins LFP and NMC BESS and EV cell production at Michigan factory
Two South Korean-headquartered companies, LG Energy Solution and DeltaX are establishing battery cell factories in the US.
APA to build 104MWh battery storage system for Evolution Mining’s Ernest Henry operations in Australia
APA Group has taken a final investment decision to construct, own and operate the 104MWh Sybella Creek solar-plus-storage site in Australia.
HPQ and Novacium Deliver Custom-Configured Battery Packs to Three European Drone Manufacturers for Final-Stage Evaluation - StreetInsider
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The Week in Context
Three themes worth tracking from this week's news:
- Scale is the new normal. Battery deployment continues to grow across every segment — EVs, grid storage, and marine — making batteries a core infrastructure technology rather than a niche market.
- Chemistry diversity is accelerating. LFP, solid-state, sodium-ion, and silicon-anode chemistries are all progressing simultaneously, each targeting different cost and performance tradeoffs.
- Regulation is reshaping supply chains. EU battery passport requirements and domestic manufacturing incentives are forcing companies to rethink sourcing, documentation, and compliance timelines.
What to Watch Next Week
- Continued updates on solid-state battery commercialization timelines
- EU Battery Regulation implementation guidance from the European Commission
- New grid-scale BESS project commissioning and capacity milestone reports
- Lithium and critical mineral pricing trends affecting battery economics
- Sodium-ion and next-generation chemistry production scaling announcements
Sources
- The Hydrogen Stream: Africa’s first PV-driven hydrogen hub powers up — PV Magazine
- US firm Lyten sets sights on Norway’s Morrow Batteries following Northvolt acquisition — Energy Storage News
- Invinity confirms EPC contract award for 2.1GWh ‘landmark’ flow battery in Switzerland — Energy Storage News
- Quinbrook taps GE Vernova and CATL for the third stage of Australia’s largest battery storage system — Energy Storage News
- India’s BESS supply chain suffers a ‘policy intent and operational capacity’ gap, with battery cell self-sufficiency a decade or more away — Energy Storage News
- Australia’s Allegro Energy partners with Jena Flow Batteries to scale microemulsion flow battery manufacturing — Energy Storage News
- Handling cell imbalances, communications interoperability and other blockers to BESS asset success — Energy Storage News
- LG Energy Solution begins LFP and NMC BESS and EV cell production at Michigan factory — Energy Storage News
- APA to build 104MWh battery storage system for Evolution Mining’s Ernest Henry operations in Australia — Energy Storage News
- HPQ and Novacium Deliver Custom-Configured Battery Packs to Three European Drone Manufacturers for Final-Stage Evaluation - StreetInsider — Google News - Battery Technology
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