# Hithium Energy Storage Enters Canada With 8-Hour BESS and Sodium-Ion Systems > Hithium Energy Storage entered Canada with 4- and 8-hour BESS and a 4 MWh sodium-ion system, after surpassing 200 GWh in cumulative delivered capacity. - Published: 2026-10-21T04:43:37+00:00 - Section: Expansion - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/hithium-energy-storage-enters-canada - Source: [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hithium-enters-canada-with-first-8-hour-bess-and-sodium-ion-solutions-adapted-to-extreme-cold-302914919.html) ## Key takeaways - Hithium Energy Storage announced its entry into the Canadian market with 4-hour and 8-hour BESS solutions and a new 4 MWh sodium-ion storage system. - Hithium has surpassed 200 GWh in cumulative delivered capacity and ranks in the top two globally for energy storage components. - Hithium worked with UL Solutions at the start of 2026 on an independently conducted extreme fire test of its 6.25 MWh block's intrinsic safety systems. [Hithium Energy Storage](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00005ma/hithium-energy-storage) announced its entry into the Canadian market with 4-hour and 8-hour battery energy storage systems and sodium-ion solutions built for extreme cold, saying it has surpassed 200 GWh in cumulative delivered capacity. The company said it ranks in the top two globally for energy storage components and focuses exclusively on stationary energy storage technologies. The announcement was distributed by [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hithium-enters-canada-with-first-8-hour-bess-and-sodium-ion-solutions-adapted-to-extreme-cold-302914919.html). ## Hithium's Canadian Market Entry Hithium Energy Storage, founded in 2019 in Xiamen, China, designs and manufactures LFP battery cells and integrated BESS solutions for utility-scale, commercial and industrial, residential, and AI data center customers. The company said Toronto serves as the main hub for its Canadian operations, with subsidiary offices in British Columbia and Alberta and operating sites in Quebec, Yellowknife, and Fort Smith. Mizhi Zhang, Hithium's President of Global Business, said: "We are committed to delivering Canadian customers advanced, robust solutions, from 8-hour long duration energy storage to extreme-weather-ready sodium-ion BESS. But this also means being present for customers wherever they are, able to serve them quickly and locally." The company said its 4-hour BESS solution consists of its "∞Power" 6.25 MWh container, built on its own 1175 Ah cell, and that most Canadian projects are currently designed around the 4-hour unit. Hithium also said it developed the first ever native 8-hour solution based on lithium-ion technology, a 6.9 MWh system built with its own 1300 Ah cells and a 25-year lifespan. The company revealed a new 4 MWh sodium-ion storage solution designed for an extra-long service life, supporting storage durations from 2 to 8 hours. Hithium said it worked with [UL Solutions](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000bq4/ul-solutions) at the start of 2026 on an independently conducted, extreme fire test of its 6.25 MWh block's intrinsic safety systems. A container was subjected to 24 hours of extreme combustion conditions, with its doors opened for maximum thermal spread, while neighboring containers were placed just 15 cm away. The company said the results validated its multi-layer safety architecture, with the tested container structurally intact, no thermal propagation across the containers, and cell temperatures in adjacent containers remaining below safety thresholds. UL Solutions introduced a certification pathway for modular DC energy storage systems used for backup power and grid-scale storage, according to Stock Titan. ## Hithium's Funding and Partnership Records Hithium secured an €81 million grant from the Spanish government in July 2026, representing half of the €162 million RENOVAL 2 scheme budget, toward a €405 million battery and BESS plant in Galar, Navarre, expected to create 700 direct jobs with production beginning in 2027, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show a June 2026 strategic partnership with Turbo Energy S.A. to deploy 366 MWh of AI-driven energy infrastructure across 15 European industrial facilities, integrating Hithium LFP cells with Turbo Energy's AI optimization platform. ## Hithium's Shipments and Sodium-Ion Launches Hithium announced on October 15, 2026, that its cumulative battery shipments exceeded 200 GWh, up from over 100 GWh in August 2025, with its global ranking rising to third in 2024 and top two in 2025 and the first half of 2026, FinanzNachrichten.de reported. Hithium launched the ∞Cell N785Ah sodium-ion BESS cell, a 785 Ah large-format cell with a 20,000-cycle cycle life and 30-year calendar life, Energy-Storage.News reported. Hithium unveiled its ∞Power N4.0MWh sodium-ion energy storage system with the new ∞Cell N785Ah cell at its launch event, with the system targeting full-scale production in 2027, The future of trading reported. ## Hithium's Next Steps in Canada Hithium said its new 4 MWh sodium-ion storage solution supports storage durations from 2 to 8 hours and is designed for extremely cold climates such as Northern Canada. The company said its 6.9 MWh 8-hour BESS is designed to address curtailments and fill gaps for zero-downtime industrial segments like AI data centers. ## Companies in this story - [Hithium Energy Storage company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00005ma/hithium-energy-storage) · website: https://hithium.com - [UL Solutions company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000bq4/ul-solutions) · website: https://www.ul.com/solutions --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt