CATL Signs Strategic MOU with Australia's Zinfra to Jointly Deploy and Operate Large-Scale Battery Storage Projects Across Australia

CATL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on April 30 with Zinfra — a leading Australian energy infrastructure services provider — establishing a strategic cooperation framework for jointly pursuing, delivering, and operating large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Australia. CATL will be represented by CATA, its Australian subsidiary. The collaboration adopts an asset-light, low-risk business model: CATL provides battery technology and product supply (principally its grid-scale LFP and sodium-ion BESS products), while Zinfra contributes local project origination, engineering delivery, grid interconnection expertise, and ongoing operations and maintenance services. The deal marks an important step in CATL's 'product + service' integrated strategy for overseas markets, shifting from purely selling cells to participating in full project lifecycle management. Australia is a priority overseas market for CATL: the country has one of the world's most active battery storage pipelines (67.3 GW as of early 2026, per BloombergNEF), driven by renewable energy integration needs and a grid prone to peak supply shortfalls. CATL already supplied cells for Australia's current largest battery, Synergy's 2,400 MWh Collie Battery in Western Australia.