U.S. startup Peak Energy has pledged to supply up to 4.75GWh of sodium-ion battery energy storage systems to Jupiter Power by 2030, leveraging sodium derived from common table salt as a core material. Last week, the company also reached an agreement to provide 1.5GWh of battery storage capacity to Energy Vault, an AI-focused power infrastructure provider.

Jupiter International has commissioned a 1 GW mono PERC solar cell manufacturing facility at its Baddi site in Himachal Pradesh, bringing its total installed capacity to nearly 2 GW. Developed by its subsidiary, Jupiter Solartech, the new unit significantly expands the company's production capabilities from its previous 959 MW base. The expansion is expected to double the local workforce, creating numerous skilled jobs in the region. Additionally, Jupiter International is advancing its technology portfolio by setting up a 1.25 GW TOPCon solar cell production line at the same site, reinforcing its commitment to "Made in India" clean energy technologies.

Jupiter announced the manganese ore loading prices for shipment to China in May 2025: Mn35.5% semi-carbonate lump ore was priced at $3.85/mtu, while in April, Mn36.5% semi-carbonate lump ore was priced at $4.45/mtu.

Jupiter announced the quotes for manganese ore in May 2023 for Chinese buyers.

The ASX-listed junior exploration company Critica recently announced that its Jupiter deposit in Australia has become the country's largest and highest-grade clay-hosted rare earth deposit. Within less than 16 months, Critica conducted its first resource estimate for the Jupiter deposit. Based on a cut-off grade of 0.1%, the project's inferred ore resources are estimated at 1.8 billion mt with a total rare earth oxide (TREO) grade of 0.17%; while at a cut-off grade of 0.18%, the high-grade ore resources amount to 500 million mt with a TREO grade of 0.22%.

Critica has shipped a 400 kg bulk sample to Vietnam, sourced from the Jupiter deposit in Western Australia. Concurrently, the Western Australian School of Mines at Curtin University will also commence a metallurgical research project. This process optimization is of great significance to Critica, coming just three months after the company announced the first resource estimate for the Jupiter deposit. It is estimated that the deposit contains 1.78 billion tonnes of resources with a grade of 1651 ppm TREO, including a high-grade core zone of 520 million tonnes at 2169 ppm TREO. This discovery positions Critica as one of the owners of the largest clay-hosted rare earth element (REE) deposits in Australia, with substantial reserves of over 280,000 tonnes of strategic heavy REEs such as dysprosium, terbium, and yttrium.

【3GWh! Hichen Energy Storage Signed a Supply Agreement with American Jupiter Power for Energy Storage Systems】SMM learned that Hichen Energy Storage announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with American Jupiter Power and will deliver and deploy 3GWh of battery energy storage systems to Jupiter Power by the end of 2025. Jupiter Power is an energy storage project developer and owner/operator headquartered in the United States, with several GWh of battery energy storage projects currently under construction or operation. According to the cooperation agreement, in order to provide reliable support for project operations, Hichen Energy Storage will provide its independently developed new generation of 5MWh HiTHIUM ∞Block liquid-cooled energy storage system solutions.

[SMM Analysis: Jupiter Power Puts Energy Vault's BESS Project into Commercial Operation in ERCOT] Jupiter Power has completed a battery energy storage system (BESS) project provided by Energy Vault, a technology company and system integrator, in the ERCOT market in Texas and put it into commercial operation.

On 12 July, ReElement Technologies announced a partnership with UK-based Jupiter Lithium to develop Nigeria's first large-scale lithium deposit, aiming to locally produce spodumene concentrate and explore further lithium chemicals production.

On March 16, Wuxi Mingyang Hydrogen Power Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Mingyang Hydrogen"), a subsidiary of Mingyang Smart Energy, successfully completed the full-speed no-load test of its independently developed world's first 30MW-class pure hydrogen gas turbine, "Jupiter One." This milestone marks a significant step for China in hydrogen power generation and long duration energy storage (LDES), laying a solid foundation for future commercial applications and providing strong support for the construction of new energy bases in desert areas and the achievement of dual carbon goals. The full-speed no-load performance test included ignition, speed increase, and stability testing of the hydrogen turbine. After ignition and acceleration to full speed, it stably entered the full-speed no-load state. The test results showed that "Jupiter One" operated stably under 100% pure hydrogen fuel mode, with core technical parameters and performance indicators such as combustion efficiency, NOx emission control, thermoacoustic oscillation, and component matching all meeting design requirements, receiving unanimous recognition from the review experts and laying a solid foundation for subsequent commercial applications.