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Currently the vast majority of sodium ion cathode and anode supply is concentrated in China, a challenge GM and Peak will need to overcome to produce 45X eligible cells.","Global battery energy stationary storage (BESS) offtake agreements from Chinese OEMs in H1 2026 were over four times their H1 2025 level in GWh terms, Benchmark analysis shows, reaching 659GWh so far in 2026.\n\nLarge offtake agreements of ≥10GWh capacity represented the largest proportion, with 474GWh capacity signed in H1 2026 through 25 agreements, up from 102GWh in H1 2025 from five agreements.",[750],{"slug":751,"name":752,"content":753},"calvin-xu","Calvin Xu",{"job_title":754,"image":755,"bio":757,"linkedin":758,"markets_covered":759},"Analyst - BESS",{"filename":756},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/512x512/096bdfc0f7/calvin-xu.png","Calvin is a BESS Analyst focusing on China market. He works on daily research of China's BESS projects, legislation and policy analysis. He also works on the monthly and quarterly reports focusing on China market and the OEMs updates. Now he is assisting on the data centre database. Calvin holds a MSc of e-Business Management at University of Warwick. ","https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhengxu0416/","BESS","article","Chinese OEM energy storage offtakes in H1 2026 quadruple H1 2025",[763,766],{"slug":764,"name":765},"ess","ESS",{"slug":767,"name":768},"batteries","Batteries","private",{"id":49,"alt":49,"name":589,"focus":49,"title":49,"source":49,"filename":589,"copyright":49,"fieldtype":771,"meta_data":772},"asset",{},{"id":774,"alt":589,"name":589,"focus":589,"title":589,"source":589,"filename":775,"copyright":589,"fieldtype":771,"meta_data":776,"is_external_url":50},188475360393561,"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/1430x954/8d2cfc585b/hithium-snec-booth.jpg",{},"Global battery energy stationary storage (BESS) offtake agreements from Chinese OEMs in H1 2026 were over four times their H1 2025 level in GWh terms, Benchmark analysis shows, reaching 659GWh so far in 2026.","Jun 17, 2026","17th June 2026",[],[],1781799285320]