Derrick Flakoll, senior policy associate for North America at BloombergNEF, has offered a more measured take on how the Democrats’ midterm victories could affect the battery energy storage system (BESS) sector.
Energy held in battery energy storage systems (BESS) across Australia’s NEM reached a record 20.17GWh on 6 November.
India’s Union government has approved the next IR145 billion phase of Viability Gap Funding (VGP) for energy storage capacity additions.
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We catch up with the CEO of Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alfen to discuss its sodium-ion BESS partnership with CATL and plans for the technology in Europe.
Democrats scored major victories in the US Midterm elections, taking both the House and Senate and flipping several long-held Republican strongholds, with changes likely to occur in the clean energy sector.
Welcome to our latest BESS Industry Buzz, this week featuring the US midterms, ultra-rapid BESS commissioning, how to calculate RTE and a cybersecurity incident in Chile.

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November 12, 2026
Stadtwerke Gaggenau, a municipal utility in Germany, has hired a general contractor to build a 4-hour BESS project using the zinc-bromide technology from US firm Eos Energy Enterprises.
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November 12, 2026
Software-focused energy storage system integrator FlexGen will serve as the integrator of MN8 Energy’s solar-plus-storage project in Kanawha, West Virginia, US, using solutions from Eos Energy Enterprises.
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November 12, 2026
Analysis of optimiser performance in the Dutch electricity market highlights the need to separate claims and forecasting from realistic outcomes, writes Omer Bumin of trading infrastructure software company Powerlys.
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November 12, 2026
Alinta Energy’s 100MW/200MWh BESS at its Wagerup thermal power plant in Western Australia has been operating commercially since September.
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November 12, 2026
EnergyAustralia has paid AU$750,000 (US$519,300) in penalties after the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) alleged that four battery energy storage systems (BESS) it manages failed to deliver frequency services offered into the market.
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November 11, 2026
Excelsior Energy Capital-backed developer Lydian Energy has brought its 150MW/600MWh Faraday battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Utah County, Utah, US into commercial operation.
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November 11, 2026
Calibrant Energy, an energy-as-a-service platform, has closed a US$145 million debt facility for solar and energy storage projects across several US power markets.
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November 11, 2026
What are semi-solid-state batteries, what potential do they hold for battery energy storage system (BESS) applications, and when are we likely to see them come to market?
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November 11, 2026
RelyEZ has listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the latest Chinese energy storage system solution provider to list in Hong Kong.
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November 11, 2026
Envision Energy will supply its Gen 8 BESS platform for ju:niz Energy’s 442MWh Smareg 13 project in Bavaria, Germany.

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