https://currentcells.com/ 2026-08-12T18:12:45.004Z Infrastructure journalism covering the battery industry and the infrastructure of electrification CurrentCells currentcells-article-battery-materials-price-index 2026-08-10T14:02:16.000Z 2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Weekly battery materials spot prices, updated every Monday. Covers lithium carbonate (CNY + USD), cobalt, nickel, manganese sulfate, and natural graphite with week-over-week changes, full price history, and a chemistry cost sensitivity calculator for $/kWh scenario modeling.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-silicon-anode-batteries-explained 2026-08-02T18:00:00.000Z 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Silicon anode batteries promise cell-level energy densities above 400 Wh/kg, roughly 40-60% better than graphite-anode lithium-ion cells. This explainer covers the chemistry behind the density advantage, the volume expansion problem, the three main engineering approaches (Si/C composites, SiOx, silicon nanowires), the companies now at automotive scale, and the remaining challenges before silicon anodes reach mass-market EVs.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-natron-energy-company-profile 2026-07-15T01:00:00.000Z 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Natron Energy was a U.S. sodium-ion battery startup founded in 2012. Its Prussian blue chemistry targeted high-power industrial and data center applications, but the company ceased operations in 2025 after failing to finance the jump from early production to large-scale manufacturing.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-lyten-northvolt-canada-bess-energy-storage-march-2026 2026-06-17T18:01:32.000Z 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Two major developments mark the start of March 2026 in energy storage: the 300MW/1,200MWh Hagersville project becomes Canada's largest operating BESS, and US startup Lyten finalizes its takeover of Northvolt's Swedish factories with plans for a combined battery manufacturing and AI data centre campus.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-fluence-energy-company-profile 2026-08-12T01:00:00.000Z 2026-08-12T01:00:00.000Z

Company profile of Fluence Energy, covering its Siemens-AES origin, storage products, software, Smartstack, public-market position, AI data center opportunity, and execution risks.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-samsung-sdi-gm-synergycells-indiana-ess-pivot-2026 2026-08-12T00:06:09.000Z 2026-08-12T00:06:09.000Z

Samsung SDI is buying out GM from the SynergyCells battery plant in Indiana, turning a planned EV joint venture into a wholly owned North American factory with storage demand now central to the story.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-battery-separators-explained 2026-08-12T16:14:16.000Z 2026-08-11T01:00:00.000Z

Battery separators keep electrodes apart while allowing ions through, shaping lithium-ion safety, fast charging, cost, and manufacturing yield.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-energy-vault-125gw-off-grid-ai-data-center-bess-2026 2026-08-11T00:06:27.000Z 2026-08-11T00:06:27.000Z

Energy Vault says its largest commercial agreement will supply 1.25 GW of integrated power infrastructure for a Texas AI data center, with expected revenue of $500 million to $600 million through 2027.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-doe-pattern-puerto-rico-489m-bess-loan-2026 2026-08-09T00:04:12.000Z 2026-08-09T00:04:12.000Z

The U.S. Department of Energy closed a $489.4 million loan to Amanecer Puerto Rico, a Pattern Energy subsidiary, for 220 MW of stand-alone battery storage in Arecibo and Santa Isabel.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-ola-axis-20gwh-mahashakti-bess-india-2026 2026-08-08T00:06:39.000Z 2026-08-08T00:06:39.000Z

Ola Electric and Axis Energy plan up to 20 GWh of battery energy storage deployments by 2032, turning Ola's cell-to-pack manufacturing strategy toward India's utility-scale storage market.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-us-black-mass-export-controls-battery-recycling-2026 2026-08-07T00:06:50.000Z 2026-08-07T00:06:50.000Z

The Commerce Department is moving to keep black mass from lithium-ion batteries inside the United States, giving domestic recyclers more feedstock while testing whether U.S. refining capacity can absorb it.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-elestor-hydrogen-iron-flow-battery-ldes-2026 2026-08-06T00:06:16.000Z 2026-08-06T00:06:16.000Z

Elestor is pushing hydrogen-iron flow batteries into the long-duration storage debate, using low-cost iron chemistry, replaceable electrolyte, and published cost claims to challenge lithium-ion for firm renewable power.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-amprius-technologies-company-profile 2026-08-05T01:00:00.000Z 2026-08-05T01:00:00.000Z

Company profile of Amprius Technologies, covering its silicon-anode battery platform, Q1 2026 revenue, $21 million LEV order, Nanotech Energy partnership, contract manufacturing path, and markets in drones, aviation, defense, and light electric vehicles.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-massachusetts-83e-round-2-1000mw-storage-rfp-2026 2026-08-05T00:19:00.000Z 2026-08-05T00:19:00.000Z

Massachusetts has issued its second Section 83E energy storage RFP, seeking about 1,000 MW of mid-duration projects as the state moves from one-off awards toward a repeat procurement market.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-base-power-1b-core-home-battery-vpp-2026 2026-08-05T00:05:55.000Z 2026-08-05T00:05:55.000Z

Base Power raised $1 billion and launched Base Core, a 39.2 kWh home battery designed to give households backup power while letting the company operate distributed storage as grid infrastructure.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-peak-energy-company-profile 2026-08-04T13:19:50.000Z 2026-08-04T13:15:00.000Z

Peak Energy is a U.S. sodium-ion grid-storage company building passively cooled battery systems for utilities, IPPs, data centers, and domestic supply-chain buyers. Its profile is defined by a 4.75 GWh Jupiter Power agreement, a GM cell partnership, Energy Vault demand, and a planned 4 GWh Sacramento factory.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-bw-ess-company-profile 2026-08-04T13:19:51.000Z 2026-08-04T13:15:00.000Z

BW ESS is a Swiss-headquartered energy storage owner-operator active in the UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Sweden. Its profile is defined by more than 540 MWh of operating BESS, about 11 GWh under construction, and the 1 GW / 5.7 GWh Klostermansfeld project in Germany.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-battery-black-mass-recycling-explained 2026-08-12T16:15:55.000Z 2026-08-04T01:00:00.000Z

Black mass recycling turns shredded lithium-ion cells into recoverable battery materials, linking end-of-life packs and factory scrap back to cathode supply chains.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-slovenia-eu-59m-battery-storage-aid-2026 2026-08-04T00:06:41.000Z 2026-08-04T00:06:41.000Z

The European Commission approved a EUR59 million Slovenian state-aid scheme for at least 370 MWh of stand-alone battery storage, tying batteries to renewable integration, grid reliability, and industrial transition funds.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-stella-energy-solutions-company-profile 2026-08-03T13:20:03.000Z 2026-08-03T13:15:00.000Z

Stella Energy Solutions is a Woodlands, Texas-based utility-scale clean-energy platform focused on battery storage, solar, and resilient power infrastructure. Its team says it has developed more than 2 GW and 4.4 GWh of projects in operation, construction, or contracted, and its 2026 framework with Frontier Power USA puts four ERCOT storage projects into an Eos Z3 long-duration pathway.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-frontier-power-usa-company-profile 2026-08-03T13:20:03.000Z 2026-08-03T13:15:00.000Z

Frontier Power USA is a New York-based storage development and investment company built to accelerate American-made long-duration storage. Its model joins Eos Z3 battery access, Cerberus-backed capital, construction equity, and selected project portfolios including 920 MWh from Stella Energy Solutions.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-1414-aurora-ai-data-centre-bess-2026 2026-08-03T00:06:07.000Z 2026-08-03T00:06:07.000Z

Aurora shows how batteries are becoming part of the site package for AI data centres, even when the first agreement is conditional and staged.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-wbho-company-profile 2026-08-02T13:21:58.000Z 2026-08-02T13:15:00.000Z

WBHO is a Johannesburg-based construction and engineering contractor whose battery-storage relevance comes from delivery, not chemistry. Its role in South Africa’s Naos-1 hybrid solar-plus-storage project shows how EPC and civil-infrastructure capability can become a bottleneck advantage as private power projects add large BESS blocks.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-ntpc-green-energy-company-profile 2026-08-02T13:21:58.000Z 2026-08-02T13:15:00.000Z

NTPC Green Energy Limited is NTPC’s renewable-energy subsidiary and one of India’s most important clean-power developers. For battery markets, its significance is demand-side scale: solar, wind, hybrid projects, and tenders such as the Khavda 3.3 GWh BESS procurement that can influence which storage suppliers win in India.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-greenvolt-poland-800mwh-bess-capacity-market-2026 2026-08-02T00:04:42.000Z 2026-08-02T00:04:42.000Z

Greenvolt Power inaugurated a 200 MW / 800 MWh battery storage facility in northeastern Poland, putting four-hour LFP storage inside the country’s capacity-market and grid-balancing plans.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-sola-group-company-profile 2026-08-01T13:22:28.000Z 2026-08-01T13:15:00.000Z

SOLA Group is a Cape Town-based renewable developer and independent power producer focused on private power procurement in South Africa. Its storage relevance comes from the Naos-1 hybrid project with Envision Energy and WBHO, a 660 MWh BESS tied to the country’s growing need for reliable clean power.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-eos-energy-enterprises-company-profile 2026-08-01T13:22:27.000Z 2026-08-01T13:15:00.000Z

Eos Energy Enterprises is a New Jersey-based manufacturer of zinc battery systems for utility, commercial, and industrial storage. Its profile is defined by Z3 product execution, Project AMAZE manufacturing scale-up, DOE loan support, and the challenge of turning non-lithium chemistry into bankable grid assets.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-antora-550m-series-c-thermal-batteries-2026 2026-08-01T00:05:31.000Z 2026-08-01T00:05:31.000Z

Antora Energy closed a $550 million Series C led by G2 Venture Partners and Eclipse. The company plans to accelerate U.S. project deployment, expand manufacturing, build a second U.S. hub, and serve industrial and data center loads with thermal batteries that store electricity as heat in solid carbon blocks.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-rct-solutions-company-profile 2026-07-31T13:19:10.000Z 2026-07-31T13:15:00.000Z

RCT Solutions is a Konstanz-based engineering and factory-execution company known for solar manufacturing projects. Its planned joint venture with Wartsila would put it inside a global energy storage business with hardware, software, service, and manufacturing scale challenges.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-prevalon-energy-company-profile 2026-07-31T13:19:09.000Z 2026-07-31T13:15:00.000Z

Prevalon Energy, launched from Mitsubishi Power Americas and acquired by Nextpower in 2026, supplies integrated utility-scale BESS, power controls, and lifecycle services. Its relevance now sits at the intersection of grid storage, private power, and AI data-center load growth.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-nextpower-company-profile 2026-07-30T13:19:12.000Z 2026-07-30T13:15:00.000Z

Nextpower, formerly tied to the Nextracker solar-tracker platform, is expanding into battery storage and AI data-center power infrastructure. Its acquisition of Prevalon Energy gives it BESS integration, software, and lifecycle-service capabilities.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-jabil-company-profile 2026-07-30T13:19:11.000Z 2026-07-30T13:15:00.000Z

Jabil is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based manufacturing services company. In energy storage, its importance comes from contract manufacturing, electronics integration, enclosure production, and domestic-content partnerships such as Qcells’ Michigan residential battery collaboration.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-australia-nem-battery-price-spread-collapse-2026 2026-07-30T00:05:48.000Z 2026-07-30T00:05:48.000Z

AEMO's Q2 2026 data shows grid batteries becoming a dominant price-setting resource in Australia's NEM. The fleet is cutting evening gas output and wholesale prices, but the same success is compressing arbitrage revenue.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-qcells-company-profile 2026-07-29T13:19:44.000Z 2026-07-29T13:15:00.000Z

Qcells is a Hanwha-backed solar and storage company whose residential battery strategy centers on the Q.HOME CORE G3 system, solar-plus-storage bundling, and domestic-content assembly with Jabil in Michigan.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-dte-energy-company-profile 2026-07-29T13:19:44.000Z 2026-07-29T13:15:00.000Z

DTE Energy is a Detroit-based electric and gas utility whose storage role is defined by procurement, reliability planning, and Michigan clean-energy execution. Its 2026 agreement with LG Energy Solution Vertech for eight battery projects gives CurrentCells a clear case study in utility-scale BESS adoption.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-prologium-company-profile 2026-07-29T01:00:00.000Z 2026-07-29T01:00:00.000Z

Company profile of ProLogium, covering its 2006 founding, lithium ceramic solid-state platform, Mercedes-Benz and VinFast relationships, patent position, French gigafactory plan, and commercialization risks.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-malaysia-lss6-solar-storage-tender-2026 2026-07-29T00:05:08.000Z 2026-07-29T00:05:08.000Z

Malaysia's sixth Large Scale Solar tender seeks 2.5 GW of solar PV with 1.25 GW of co-located BESS across two storage-backed packages, plus a smaller standalone solar package. The procurement shifts batteries into core generation planning for a fast-growing Southeast Asian power market.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-masdar-company-profile 2026-07-28T13:19:19.000Z 2026-07-28T13:15:00.000Z

Masdar is an Abu Dhabi clean-energy developer and operator using battery storage to firm renewables at unprecedented scale. Its 5.2 GW solar and 19 GWh BESS project with EWEC makes the company a strategic storage buyer and a proving ground for round-the-clock clean power.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-boralex-company-profile 2026-07-28T13:19:19.000Z 2026-07-28T13:15:00.000Z

Boralex is a Quebec-based renewable power developer and operator expanding into battery storage. Its Hagersville and Sanjgon projects in Ontario show how independent power producers are adding grid-flexibility assets alongside wind, solar, and hydro.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-dry-electrode-battery-manufacturing-explained 2026-07-28T15:52:55.000Z 2026-07-28T01:00:00.000Z

Dry-electrode processing removes solvent-heavy coating and drying from battery electrode production, with a shot at lower cost, lower energy use, and smaller factories.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-ark-richmond-valley-22gwh-bess-fid-2026 2026-07-28T00:05:27.000Z 2026-07-28T00:05:27.000Z

Ark Energy has reached financial investment decision for the Richmond Valley Solar Farm and BESS in New South Wales. The priority stage combines 200 MWac of solar with a 275 MW / 2,200 MWh LFP battery, funded through AUD$586 million of equity and AUD$716 million of debt.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-gotion-company-profile 2026-07-27T13:19:38.000Z 2026-07-27T13:15:00.000Z

Gotion High-Tech is a Hefei-based battery maker built around LFP cells, packs, materials, and energy-storage applications. Its profile is defined by China scale, Volkswagen ties, ESS revenue, and expansion attempts in the United States, Europe, and Morocco.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-envision-energy-company-profile 2026-07-27T13:19:38.000Z 2026-07-27T13:15:00.000Z

Envision Energy is a Shanghai-headquartered renewable technology company with wind, storage, AIoT, hydrogen, and net-zero industrial park businesses. Its BESS strategy matters because it pairs storage hardware with software and renewable industrial clusters.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-austin-county-bess-data-center-moratorium-2026 2026-07-27T00:06:36.000Z 2026-07-27T00:06:36.000Z

Austin County commissioners are set to vote on a moratorium covering both BESS and data centers after a packed public hearing, widening a Texas fight over local control, grid load, safety rules, and rural industrial development.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-wartsila-energy-storage-company-profile 2026-07-26T13:19:10.000Z 2026-07-26T13:15:00.000Z

Wartsila Energy Storage is a utility-scale BESS integrator built around Quantum systems, GEMS software, and lifecycle services. The 2026 RCT Solutions joint venture is designed to improve scale, manufacturing depth, and profitability in a tougher global storage market.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-sungrow-company-profile 2026-07-26T13:19:10.000Z 2026-07-26T13:15:00.000Z

Sungrow is a Hefei-based power electronics and energy storage supplier whose inverter base gave it a strong path into grid-scale BESS. Its PowerTitan platform, Masdar order, and 2025 storage revenue surge show how quickly storage has become a core business line.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-catl-h1-2026-ess-profit-surge 2026-07-26T00:06:31.000Z 2026-07-26T00:06:31.000Z

CATL reported 43.28 billion yuan of first-half net profit and 53.26 billion yuan of energy storage revenue, putting ESS at the center of the world battery leader’s 2026 growth story.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-tesla-energy-megapack-company-profile 2026-07-25T13:32:09.000Z 2026-07-25T14:05:00.000Z

Tesla Energy has become one of the storage industry’s strongest bets on standardized utility-scale batteries. Megapack, Autobidder, Powerhub, and VPP software give Tesla a lane that combines manufacturing scale, controls, and grid-market operations.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-brookfield-aypa-storage-acquisition-2026 2026-07-24T00:05:23.000Z 2026-07-24T00:05:23.000Z

Brookfield Asset Management agreed to acquire Aypa Power from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, giving it a scaled North American battery storage platform with contracted assets, a large development pipeline, and a team built around storage execution.

CurrentCells currentcells-article-wooreen-bess-battery-installation-2026 2026-07-23T00:09:09.000Z 2026-07-23T00:09:09.000Z

Wooreen is moving into commissioning after all battery units were installed in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. The four-hour system is tied to EnergyAustralia's plan to support the grid before Yallourn closes in 2028.

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