Daily Digest: Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Your daily briefing for Tuesday, 4 August 2026: 31 stories from 10 sources across the circular economy sector.
Today's Summary
Key themes include Battery & Energy Storage.
Key Developments
Battery & Energy Storage
Activity in battery recycling and energy storage today.
TOP Today's Stories
Sonnedix Secures €730 Million to Develop Renewables Portfolio in Southern Europe
Renewable energy company Sonnedix announced today that it has secured €730 million (USD$840 million) for […]...
Home Battery Startup Base Power Raises $1 Billion at $13 Billion Valuation
Home energy and battery storage company Base Power announced today that it has raised $1 […]...
Ore Energy raises $43 million to scale 100-hour iron-air batteries
Dutch long-duration energy storage developer Ore Energy has raised $43 million in Series A funding to establish its first manufacturing facility and s...
Load smoothing, cold-start backup and speed-to-power: Fluence maps the battery storage opportunity for Australian data centres
ESN Premium speaks with Fluence's Jeff Monday and Sam Markham on the opportunity battery energy storage could provide data centres in Australia....
Habitat Energy appointed to optimise DC-coupled 614MWh solar-plus-storage portfolio for Octopus Australia
Habitat Energy has been appointed by Octopus Australia to provide optimisation services for two DC-coupled solar-plus-storage sites....
Market Snapshot
Market activity today shows continued momentum in the recycling and circular economy sectors.
By Category
ESG & Sustainability (8)
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Industry News (19)
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Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple HealthThe Verge Science
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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar AtomicsTechCrunch Climate
Global Trade (4)
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Tomorrow's Watch
Watch for continued developments tomorrow as the industry evolves.
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Published: 4 Aug 2026, 09:00