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CATL and Bulgaria's Solarpro agree 2 GWh of sodium-ion storage for Central and Eastern Europe

The Chinese battery maker will supply its TENER Sodium systems for what the partners call the region's first large-scale sodium-ion storage project. It is CATL's second sodium-ion storage deal in Europe in a month.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and the Bulgarian developer Solarpro have agreed to deploy 2 GWh of CATL’s TENER Sodium battery energy storage systems in Central and Eastern Europe. The partners plan to build the region’s first large-scale sodium-ion storage project this year, with ESS News reporting a focus on Lithuania and other regional markets. No value was disclosed. It was CATL’s second sodium-ion storage agreement in Europe that month, after a 5 GWh deal with the Dutch company Alfen.

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