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发布：2026-06-08 · 事件：2026-06-08

Image courtesy of CATL June 8, 2026 6 seconds Zachary Shahan 0 Comments Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe . Technically, batteries are always being used for ene...

Image courtesy of CATL June 8, 2026 6 seconds Zachary Shahan 0 Comments Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe . Technically, batteries are always being used for energy storage. However, in this industry, saying they will be used for “energy storage” means for stationary energy storage systems rather than in electric vehicles. Anyway, the largest battery maker in the world, China’s CATL, has said that it expects energy storage will come to account for 50% of its battery sales by 2030, up from 25% today. If that seems like a crazy increase, note that approximately 2% of CATL’s battery sales were for energy storage five years ago. Also note that CATL is only 15 years old, founded in 2011 just as the EV revolution was getting going. This is a story we’re very familiar with by now. Solar and wind power have dominated new power capacity additions around the world in recent years, but since those power systems can only produce electricity when there’s sun or wind, it’s useful to have batteries nearby to store it when it’s not needed for times when it is. So, stationary battery storage systems have been growing tremendously alongside solar and wind power growth. The news that CATL expects stationary storage’s share of its sales will double to 50% by 2030 came from Kevin Tang, CATL’s director of ⁠energy storage systems for Europe, according to Reuters . “CATL mines lithium in southern China to ​exert some control over the battery supply chain. It also operates the world’s largest recycling plant for recovery of the ​raw materials used in batteries, Tang said.” Reuters also notes that the company has battery factories in Germany and Hungary, with another one being built in Spain under a joint venture with Stellantis. Sign up for CleanTechnica's Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott's in-depth analyses and high level summaries , sign up for our daily newsletter , and follow us on Google News ! Advertisement Have a tip for CleanTechnica? Want to advertise? Want to suggest a guest for our CleanTech Talk podcast? Contact us here . Sign up for our daily newsletter for 15 new cleantech stories a day . Or sign up for our weekly one on top stories of the week if daily is too frequent. CleanTechnica uses affiliate links. See our policy here . CleanTechnica's Comment Policy Share this story! Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit