Announcements naming 2026-2027 as the mass-production timing for solid-state batteries keep coming, but their content sits at different development stages: A-sample shipments, pack vehicle verification, pilot-line prototypes and trade-show displays.
On 24 June 2026, Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced that it had prepared performance requirements for grid-forming, a grid-stabilisation technology, and would apply them first to “long-duration energy storage systems (ESS)” in the central contract market that begin commercial operation from December 2027.
On 18 May 2026, secondary-battery assembly equipment maker MOT announced that it had signed supply contracts for next-generation secondary-battery assembly equipment worth KRW 40 billion in total.
On 15 May 2026, Teledyne DALSA announced “Kaleido,” a short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral camera for industrial sorting.
Nuri’s fourth launch, lifting off at 01:13 on 27 November 2025, placed 13 satellites into a 600 km orbit, and the primary payload, CAS500-3 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500-3), made first contact with the King Sejong Antarctic Station at 01:55 — 42 minutes after launch.