HiTHIUM said cumulative energy storage shipments reached 200 gigawatt-hours (GWh) on Oct. 15, as first-half industry data showed rapid growth in cell deliveries worldwide.
InfoLink Consulting reported 467.84 GWh in global energy storage cell shipments during the first half of 2026, up 94.76% year over year. Its ranking placed HiTHIUM second, behind CATL.
Benchmark Minerals separately ranked HiTHIUM second among battery energy storage system (BESS) cell suppliers, with a 10.2% share and 63.5% year-over-year shipment growth. Its report put global BESS cell shipments above 490 GWh; the reports use separate measures.
InfoLink said utility-scale and residential storage helped drive first-half cell-shipment growth. The firm also reported that the 10 largest suppliers had a combined 82.3% share, a record low, as mid-tier companies increased shipments.
For 2026, InfoLink forecast 1,026 GWh in global energy storage cell shipments and expected supply and demand to remain tightly balanced in the second half.
HiTHIUM said it began shipping at the end of 2021 and passed 100 GWh in August 2025. The World Economic Forum (WEF) included the company’s Chongqing site among 23 additions to its Global Lighthouse Network announced in January 2026. WEF said the plant deployed more than 40 digital solutions. It reported a 97.6% premium product ratio, conversion costs 37% lower, throughput more than 200% higher and overall equipment effectiveness up 13.4 percentage points.
“This milestone was not just about growth—it was about scaling end-to-end capabilities,” HiTHIUM Co-founder and CEO Jason Wang said. The company said it plans to advance long-duration energy storage technology and work toward another 100 GWh in shipments, without setting a date.
