Battery storage in homes and at businesses contributed to helping the CAISO grid in California afloat during recent difficulties.

Sherif Abdelrazek from energy storage software company Storlytics on one of the major challenges still faced in the BESS space.

London Stock Exchange-listed NESF has launched a joint venture partnership with developer Eelpower worth £200 million (US$233 million).

A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan.

This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.

Aquila Capital will acquire a pipeline of large-scale battery storage projects in development in Australia, from Spain’s Gransolar Group.

Pattern Energy has achieved financial close on an offshore wind project in northern Japan to include a 100MW battery energy storage system.

Qcells has closed a US$150 million financing deal for its first large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

US$16.6 million funding has been committed for five long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in New York by the US state’s government.

Energy stored in batteries is being dispatched in large volumes in California as record-breaking hot weather brings crisis.