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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has opened the Center for Energy Storage and Systems (ZESS) in Braunschweig. The research hub, backed by nearly €50 million from the federal government and the state, is intended to support work on battery and hydrogen technologies.
Verlume said its 500 kWh modular subsea energy storage system has completed testing before deployment. The system is intended for offshore wind applications, where subsea storage and power management could support operations.
EnerVenue has begun production of its water-based nickel-hydrogen Aqueous Metal Cell at its Wujin site in Changzhou, China. The company says the line is the first high-volume AMC line built anywhere, which may matter for scaling the battery technology.
Envision Energy said it has energised Morocco’s first large-scale lithium iron phosphate battery energy storage system at OCP Green Energy’s Benguerir phosphate mining site. The company said it supplied and commissioned the system under a contract signed in late 2025.
CATL supplied cells for what the source describes as the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. The source says the cells were tested after 14 years and that none has been replaced.