On August 26, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order (No. 14420) declaring a national emergency to secure the United States bulk-power system. For the first time, battery energy storage systems (BESS), grid-tied inverters, and [...]
LG Energy Solution (LGES) announced on August 18, 2026 it has officially commenced production at its new battery manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan, marking the company’s seventh battery production base in North America. With [...]
Jiangsu Lopal Tech Co., Ltd. announced on August 6, 2026 that it has officially signed two framework agreements, one for sales and one for procurement, with global battery giant LG Energy Solution (LGES). Under the agreements, covering the [...]
Sinomine Resources announced on August 12 that its Zimbabwe-based subsidiary, Masvingo Lithium Technology (Pvt) Ltd, has officially received the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate from the Zimbabwean environmental management [...]
The global AI “computing power arms race” has focused largely on breakthroughs in chip manufacturing processes, but the real bottleneck constraining computing capacity may well be electricity. A single AI data centre with 100,000 GPU [...]
On August 6, 2026, a new government decree officially banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while simultaneously introducing a revised tax regime for strategically important mining [...]
The European Union has adopted an amendment postponing the application of supply chain due diligence obligations under the Battery and Waste Batteries Regulation from the original date of August 18, 2025 to August 18, 2027. The deadline for [...]
On July 27, 2026, it is reported that Volkswagen Group is in advanced negotiations with its Chinese partner, Gotion High-Tech, over the acquisition of VW’s battery plant in Valencia, Spain. According to industry sources, the talks have reached a [...]
Production: In June, China’s combined production of power and energy storage batteries reached 206.0 GWh, marking a MoM increase of 7.5% and a significant YoY surge of 59.5%. From January to June, cumulative production totaled 1068.9 GWh, [...]
On July 8, 2026, Peak Energy, a stationary energy storage startup, has announced plans to build the first sodium-ion battery storage system factory in the United States, located in California. The facility is expected to have an annual [...]
On July 3, 2026, South Korean research firm SNE Research released the latest data on global electric vehicle (EV) battery installations for the first five months of 2026 (January to May). According to the data, total battery usage for EVs, [...]
On July 1, 2026, BYD Energy announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with Greenvolt Power to jointly develop the Siedlce energy storage project in Poland. With a total capacity of 600 MW/2.4 GWh, the project will become the largest [...]
