Lyten, a battery technology company based in the United States, has delivered a battery energy storage installation to Yasawa i Rara, a village situated on Fiji's Yasawa Island. The system came online on October 28, with the purchase facilitated through Fijian firm Energy Solutions Pacific and Investment Fiji. The announcement of the deployment arrived on November 5.
The community lacks connection to the electrical grid and had previously depended on diesel generators supplemented by solar installations. Under the new arrangement, solar panels and generators charge the battery system, with residents drawing electricity from stored energy. Lyten notes that generators now function primarily to replenish battery reserves. The installation serves approximately 64 households alongside a fish cold storage facility, a maternity clinic and a mortuary.
The deployment features Lyten's Voltpack Mobile System, a modular platform capable of scaling from 290 kWh up to hundreds of megawatt-hours. Lyten has not revealed specifics regarding the installed capacity in Fiji, the battery chemistry employed or the source of the cells.
Manufacturing Hub in Poland
Manufacturing takes place in Gdańsk, Poland, at a facility Lyten obtained from Northvolt during July 2025. At the time of acquisition, Lyten indicated the plant could reach 6 GWh of annual storage production capacity. The company, which specializes in lithium-sulfur battery technology, intends to develop storage solutions using that same chemistry. During August 2026, Lyten received designation as the preferred bidder for the operations of Norwegian cell manufacturer Morrow Batteries.
Source: Battery-News
