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CEE Battery Brief #4 · 30 Oct 2026
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Poland's electric bus registrations jump more than sixfold, LG Energy Solution eyes Baltic storage with Energix and German battery spreads hit a post-2022 high.
Read the brief →China's new battery standard requires that a single-cell thermal runaway causes no fire or explosion – pushing pack makers towards better barriers such as aerogels.
Read the explainer →Two Australian battery storage projects in Queensland and Victoria have entered federal environmental review, with AGL Energy and developer ACEnergy each submitting referrals under the same national process.
Photo: Joseolgon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0Manganese X Energy has joined forces with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), E3 Lithium, NiVolt Technologies and POSCO America Corporation in a collaborative research project focused on developing lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) cathode materials…
Skyla Aviation has selected CATL as its exclusive battery partner.
Samsung SDI returned to profit on energy storage demand centred on the US, while its Göd plant in Hungary keeps expanding for electric-car cells.
PGE has broken ground on its Gryfino storage project after rejecting a bid with Chinese technology, using procurement rules Poland tightened in 2025.
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