Chinese battery makers secure multi‑gigawatt overseas storage contracts

CATL signed a memorandum of understanding with Alfen N.V. to deploy up to 5 GWh of its TENER sodium‑ion energy‑storage systems in Western Europe, starting in the Netherlands in 2027. Trina Storage agreed with renewable developer OX2 to supply a 50 MW/209 MWh battery solution for the Fageråsen project in Sweden, its third large European order. LG Energy Solution won a contract to provide a 2.9 GWh lithium‑iron‑phosphate battery system for the Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas, a 2.5‑GW solar‑plus‑storage project backed by Google, with all modules to be manufactured in North America. Hoymiles announced a partnership with Brills Marketing to offer solar‑plus‑storage products for residential and commercial customers in the Philippines.

Separately, Hithium explained that Europe’s commercial‑and‑industrial BESS market is accelerating as renewable investors seek to offset negative grid prices and volatile energy costs. Falling lithium‑ion prices and high electricity prices have shortened the expected return on investment, prompting the launch of the company’s ∞Power 1,022 kWh four‑hour battery cabinet aimed at PV owners seeking to capture four‑hour solar peaks.