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GEN-I Sonce Picks WALDEVAR To Build 220 MWh Gheorgheni BESS In Romania — Aug 26, 2026 — Slovenia's GEN-I Sonce has awarded WALDEVAR Energy the full EPC scope for a 55 MW / 220 MWh battery storage system in Gheorgheni, Romania.CATL Cuts Out Distributors With $63/kWh Direct LFP Cells As 1,800 Firms Join CATL Mall — Aug 26, 2026 — China's CATL says over 1,800 energy storage companies have registered on its direct-sales CATL Mall platform, where 314 Ah LFP energy storage cells no...Invinity Locks In Equans For 2.1 GWh Vanadium Flow Battery In Switzerland — Aug 25, 2026 — Invinity Energy Systems has signed an EPC contract with Equans Switzerland to build a 1.5 GWh vanadium flow battery — expandable to 2.1 GWh — at FlexB...HiTHIUM To Supply 421 MWh Grid-Forming BESS For GPG's Fraser Coast Project In Australia — Aug 25, 2026 — HiTHIUM signed a 421 MWh battery energy storage supply agreement with Global Power Generation, Naturgy's international renewables arm, for the Fraser...Cummins Wins Its Largest-Ever BESS Deal For A U.S. AI Data Center — Aug 25, 2026 — Cummins said its Power Systems business will supply its biggest-ever battery energy storage system to a large U.S. data center project, using LFP bloc...ACWA Power Signs Saudi 6,000 MWh Battery Storage Deals with SPPC — Aug 24, 2026 — ACWA Power signed three 15-year Storage Services Agreements with the Saudi Power Procurement Company for 1,500 MW / 6,000 MWh of grid-scale battery en...EDP And RCEA Switch On 92 MW Sandrini Battery Storage In Kern County — Aug 24, 2026 — EDP Renewables North America and Redwood Coast Energy Authority commissioned Sandrini Energy Storage, a 92 MW / 368 MWh battery co-located with the 30...Enel Starts Building 100 MW Grid-Forming Battery At Chile's Finis Terrae Solar Park — Aug 23, 2026 — Enel Green Power Chile has launched construction of a 100 MW grid-forming BESS alongside the Finis Terrae solar park in Antofagasta, its sixth large-s...LG Energy Opens $4B Michigan Plant For Tesla Megapack 3 LFP Supply — Aug 21, 2026 — LG Energy Solution cut the ribbon on a $4B lithium-iron-phosphate cell factory in Lansing, Michigan built to supply Tesla's next-generation Megapack 3...Geely Commits To 500 Wh/kg Solid-State Battery Pilot In 2027 — Aug 20, 2026 — Geely said on August 18 it will start pilot deployment of 500 Wh/kg all-solid-state battery packs across its brands in 2027, joining BYD and CATL's 20...Samsung SDI Commits 25 Trillion Won To Ulsan, Cheonan Solid-State Battery Push — Aug 17, 2026 — Samsung SDI has unveiled a 25 trillion won ($17 billion) investment plan for its Ulsan and Cheonan sites through 2040, targeting mass production of su...Energy Vault Signs 1.25 GW BESS Deal For Texas AI Data Center — Aug 17, 2026 — Energy Vault will supply 1.25 GW of BESS, grid-forming inverters and AI control software to a Texas hyperscaler AI data centre, bypassing utility inte...Ola Electric Fires Up Mahashakti, India's First Cell-To-Pack Utility BESS Platform — Aug 15, 2026 — Ola Electric officially launched Ola Mahashakti — pitched as India's first cell-to-pack vertically integrated utility-scale battery energy storage pla...Reliance To Fire Up 40 GWh Battery Gigafactory In Jamnagar — Aug 15, 2026 — Reliance Industries is commissioning the first phase of its 40 GWh LFP battery gigafactory in Jamnagar this year, with a modular path to 100 GWh per a...Arevon Fires Up 300MW/1,200MWh Nighthawk BESS, Its Largest Standalone Battery — Aug 14, 2026 — Arevon Energy has brought its 300MW/1,200MWh Nighthawk battery storage project in Poway online under a long-term PG&E contract — its largest standalon...Ore Energy Bags $43M Series A To Mass-Produce Iron-Air Multi-Day Batteries — Aug 12, 2026 — Amsterdam long-duration storage startup Ore Energy closed a $43M Series A led by Plural and HV to build its first iron-air battery factory and scale t...Envision Energy And Kallista Break Ground On 193 MW/386 MWh French Battery Storage Site — Aug 10, 2026 — Envision Energy and Kallista Energy have started building the 193 MW/386 MWh Neuilly-en-Thelle battery storage plant in France, targeting commercial o...Stardust Power Locks In C4V Lithium Offtake For Muskogee Refinery — Aug 8, 2026 — Stardust Power signed a non-binding letter of intent to supply Charge CCCV (C4V) with up to 20,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium carbonate a...Ford Energy And EDF Sign 20 GWh Five-Year Grid Battery Deal — Aug 6, 2026 — Ford Energy will supply EDF power solutions North America with up to 4 GWh per year — 20 GWh total — of DC Block LFP battery energy storage systems fr...Tokyo Gas Signs 202MWh Fukushima BESS Offtake With Hexa — Aug 5, 2026 — Tokyo Gas has entered a 20-year offtake tolling agreement with Hexa Energy Services for a 49.7 MW / 202.1 MWh battery storage project in Fukushima Pre...