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Batteries
Sungrow says thermal runaway in one PowerTitan 3.0 container did not spread to neighbours or a 7.4 MW substation over 7.5 hours; no independent report or UL certificate has been seen.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Enertrag reached financial close on the three-hour LFP Les Sablons BESS in northern France. ESS News names Huawei as supplier, and operation is targeted for spring 2027.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
BW ESS's Hams Hall BESS in the West Midlands gets debt from OCBC, Rabobank and Societe Generale, backed by a 10-year EDF floor. The loan amount was not disclosed.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Tesla's Q3 letter says battery availability limited vehicle volumes while Megafactory Texas began production with 50 GWh of planned capacity and storage deployments reached 13.7 GWh, as data center demand pulls on Megapack.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Peak Energy closed an oversubscribed $108 million round to scale U.S. production of passively cooled sodium-ion storage, with a 4 GWh Sacramento plant due to start in Q1 2027 and data centers as a new target market.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Yinwang signed a framework deal to make cars running Huawei's Qiankun driving systems work with CATL's Choco-swap stations. No vehicle models, dates or service areas were named.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Eos Energy expects record Q3 revenue of up to US$83 million, its eighth straight quarter of margin gains, but now guides to the lower half of its 2026 range.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Akaysha Energy rolled debt on four Australian BESS assets into an AU$1.75 billion, 11-bank facility, building a platform for a 6GW/25GWh pipeline.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Genesis Energy opened a 100MW/200MWh Saft battery at New Zealand's largest power station for about NZ$130 million as gas supply declines tighten winter margins.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
ERCOT ended Q3 with 2.77 GW of batteries synchronized but not cleared for commercial operation, as US developers hit a year-end commissioning crunch.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Grid
Google's 22-year PPA with Fortum takes up to half of Finland's 1.014 GW Loviisa nuclear plant from 2030, alongside 629 MW of wind and a 94 MW battery.
Energy & Cooling Desk