Battery Technology News Coverage of battery technology powering robots, drones, and autonomous systems, including lithium-ion, solid-state, and hydrogen fuel cell developments. The Robotics Media reports on energy density breakthroughs, fast-charging systems, battery management software, and manufacturing scale-ups from research labs, startups, and established suppliers. Readers also find funding news, product launches, and analysis of how power constraints shape robot design and deployment.
CATL Fires Up Trial Cell Production At 100 GWh Debrecen Plant, Its Biggest Outside China — Sep 27, 2026 — CATL began trial cell production on 22 September at its Debrecen, Hungary factory — the Chinese battery giant's biggest manufacturing base outside Chi...Fluence Locks 206 GWh Of EVE Power Battery Cells For 2027-2031 — Sep 26, 2026 — Fluence has signed a 206 GWh master supply framework for battery cells with EVE Power, covering 16 GWh in 2027 plus 190 GWh reserved for 2028-2031 gri...B2U Turns On 28 MWh Bexar Martinez Second-Life Battery Near San Antonio — Sep 26, 2026 — B2U's second Texas second-life BESS pushes its ERCOT portfolio past 50 MWh, with financing via B2U Infrastructure Partners and an ITC domestic-content...Tesla-Powered Green Turtle Battery Breaks Ground In Belgium At 2.8 GWh — Sep 26, 2026 — GIGA Storage and Tesla start building the 700 MW / 2.8 GWh Green Turtle BESS backed by €450M and InfraVia equity.Refinyx Exits Stealth With Northvolt Recycling Tech And US Debut Customer — Sep 26, 2026 — Stockholm-based Refinyx launched publicly on September 25, 2026 by acquiring Northvolt Revolt's 134-patent recycling portfolio and its Västerås pilot,...Covenergo And Delta Capacity Break Ground On 300 MWh AKKU One BESS In Finland — Sep 25, 2026 — Covenergo and Delta Capacity have started construction on AKKU One, a 125 MW/300 MWh Sungrow-supplied battery in Lapinlahti, Finland, targeted for Q4...New York Locks In 950 MW Of Storage In First Bulk Solicitation — Sep 24, 2026 — NYSERDA picked eight lithium-ion projects totaling 4,240 MWh from Neoen, Zenobē, Flatiron, Key Capture and Savion, more than doubling the state's util...DoGo Power Opens Global Orders For 1.672 MWh Grid-Forming BESS — Sep 24, 2026 — Shanghai's DoGo Power launched its grid-forming energy storage portfolio globally with 1.672 MWh containers claiming 1.2 cents/Wh CAPEX and 35% smalle...Carlyle-Backed Revera Locks In Financing For 800 MWh Hunterston Battery — Sep 23, 2026 — Revera Energy has secured debt financing for its 400 MW / 800 MWh Hunterston battery in Scotland, the anchor asset in a 2 GWh Carlyle-backed portfolio...Envision Energises Morocco's First Large-Scale BESS At OCP's Benguerir Mine — Sep 21, 2026 — Envision Energy has energised Morocco's first large-scale lithium-iron-phosphate battery-storage system — a 25 MW / 125 MWh install at OCP's Benguerir...Hithium Unwraps 785Ah Sodium-Ion Cell Rated For 20,000 Cycles — Sep 20, 2026 — China's Hithium has launched a 785Ah sodium-ion battery cell rated for 20,000 cycles with a claimed 30-year operational lifetime, paired with a 4MWh g...Alinta Energy Trucks In First CATL Batteries For 250MW Reeves Plains BESS — Sep 20, 2026 — Alinta Energy has taken delivery of the first 48 of 194 planned CATL battery units for its 250MW/1,000MWh Reeves Plains project 60km north of Adelaide...EVE Energy Locks In 206 GWh, 5-Year LFP Battery Supply Deal With Fluence — Sep 20, 2026 — EVE Energy's Hubei EVE Power subsidiary will supply Fluence with up to 206 GWh of LFP batteries between 2027 and 2031, one of the largest disclosed BE...Sungrow And be.storaged Lock In 1.6 GWh Germany BESS Framework On PowerTitan 3.0 — Sep 20, 2026 — Sungrow and EWE subsidiary be.storaged signed a two-year framework to build a 1.6 GWh battery storage pipeline in Germany using the PowerTitan 3.0 pla...Jupiter Power Locks In $1.4B Debt For 10 U.S. Battery Storage Projects — Sep 19, 2026 — Jupiter Power closed $1.4 billion of project financing across four transactions to build and refinance 10 utility-scale battery energy storage systems...NeoVolta Signs $53M BESS Reservation With Infinite Grid Capital for AI Data Center — Sep 18, 2026 — NeoVolta Power has signed a binding $53 million capacity reservation with Infinite Grid Capital to supply battery energy storage for a Northern Ontari...BYD Unveils 62 MWh GC Block for Gigawatt-Scale Battery Storage — Sep 18, 2026 — BYD Energy Storage's new station-level GC Block scales from 15.5 MWh to 62 MWh per unit and cuts battery-management complexity by 69%, targeting gigaw...BYD Sets 2027 Solid-State Battery EV Launch, Claims Race Lead — Sep 16, 2026 — BYD executive vice president Stella Li said BYD holds the leading position in solid-state batteries and will launch a demonstration vehicle equipped w...Munich's Furo Grabs $4M Seed To Squeeze More Value Out Of Industrial Batteries — Sep 11, 2026 — Munich energy-software startup Furo raised $4 million led by TQ Ventures to optimize industrial battery-storage systems against real-time electricity...Waratah Super Battery Hits Full 850MW For First Time Since Transformer Failure — Sep 11, 2026 — Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery briefly discharged its full 850MW on 7 September and then a 701MW SIPS dispatch two days later, marking the fir...