Merus has already deployed 500MWh of solutions in Northern Europe using CATL’s battery technology. The vast majority is in Finland, although the company is expanding outside of its home base, recently winning a project in Latvia.
While not specified in the press release, the cooperation likely involves CATL supplying entire BESS units to Merus Power. Merus then provides EPC, system integration, operations & maintenance (O&M) and inverters.
Merus also builds its own inverters, which may be key here, considering that the EU recently banned Chinese inverters from solar and BESS projects which have received EU grant money. Another Chinese BESS provider, Hyperstrong, recently partnered with European inverter firm SMA. Note that CATL does not manufacture inverters.
“CATL’s leading battery technology and experience in demanding energy storage applications combine with Merus Power’s strong local system expertise, grid inverter technology, and delivery capabilities,” said Hank Zhao, managing director of Western Europe at CATL.
Zhao has given Q&As to journalists at trade show Intersolar Europe the past two years, attended by Energy-Storage.news both times (see our coverage here: 2024 and 2025).
