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Report Provider: Australian Financial Review
Author: Jessica Sier (North Asia Correspondent)
Date: Article published on July 31, 2025, with content likely reflecting observations around that time.
Aug 1, 2025 – 9.00amSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Suzhou | On a baking hot day on the factory floor of the third-largest battery manufacturer in China, one of the increasingly rare human employees circles a giant container, or module, that houses a 3.
7MWh battery.Water sprays from hoses fixed to the ceiling, soaking the steel structure in a stress test designed to mimic the bruising journey it’s about to make across the Pacific bound for a clean energy project in the United States, Australia or Europe.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Read MoreJessica SierNorth Asia correspondentJessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics.
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Report Provider: Australian Financial Review
Author: Jessica Sier (North Asia Correspondent)
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Aug 1, 2025 – 9.00amSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Suzhou | On a baking hot day on the factory floor of the third-largest battery manufacturer in China, one of the increasingly rare human employees circles a giant container, or module, that houses a 3.
7MWh battery.Water sprays from hoses fixed to the ceiling, soaking the steel structure in a stress test designed to mimic the bruising journey it’s about to make across the Pacific bound for a clean energy project in the United States, Australia or Europe.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Read MoreJessica SierNorth Asia correspondentJessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics.
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