[CRRC Zhuzhou directly purchases Ningde Times 20GWh energy storage battery cells] On December 26, 2025, CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute released a direct procurement announcement for energy storage cells in 2026, planning to purchase a total of 14.4 million energy storage cells from CATL, including two specifications of 314Ah and 587Ah. The first section consists of 8 million 314Ah energy storage dedicated battery cells, with a scale of approximately 8GWh; Section 2 contains 6.4 million 587Ah lithium iron phosphate batteries, with a scale of approximately 12GWh, accounting for 60% of the total procurement volume. The total capacity of the two sections is 20GWh.Editor/Yang Meiling

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