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China / US / Korea · Power & Cooling

Grid Batteries

Cell capacity is abundant but concentrated in China. Tariffs and foreign-entity rules make non-China supply the scarce version.

Cathode / anode→Cell→System→Grid
46
Tightness score ⓘ
#50 of 56
▼ Easing
Supply concentration4
Lead time2
Capex intensity3
Geopolitical exposure5
Pricing power2
Lead time
6–12 mo
Theme 1M
−11.8%
% in uptrend
20%
Metric to watch

Storage deployments, cell price trends, and US content rules.

What would prove us wrong

Strengthens if non-China cell supply cannot meet US qualified demand.

Storage theme performance

Equal-weight · rebased 100 · 1Y
Stocks we track

Who controls this bottleneck

Roles, not recommendations. Delayed prices; local currency.

StockRoleListingLast1D1M3MYTDOff 52w highTrendNext earnings
FLNC
Fluence Energy
Grid-scale storage systems NASDAQ
US
$4.74 −6.79% −23.8% −64.0% −76.1% −85.3% 2026-11-23
TSLA
Tesla
Megapack storage, Optimus and autonomy NASDAQ
US
$397.4 +1.69% +8.2% +16.1% −11.6% −18.9% 2027-01-27
300750.SZ
CATL
Largest battery cell maker SZSE
China
¥240.0 −2.70% −14.3% −37.9% −33.4% −47.6% —
373220.KS
LG Energy Solution
Non-China cells incl. US LFP KRX
Korea
₩329,500 −1.79% −21.9% −10.3% −10.6% −32.0% 2027-01-28
EOSE
Eos Energy
Zinc-based long-duration storage NASDAQ
US
$1.81 −9.05% −7.2% −55.0% −84.2% −90.1% 2026-11-05