Drew Bandhauer of Leeward Renewable Energy examines how changes in lithium-ion battery chemistries help manage fire safety risk and how industry standards are evolving in step with technological advances.

India’s ambitious drive for renewable energy has accelerated the need for energy storage, but there are many factors to success, writes Charith Konda of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

FlexGen “felt compelled to step up” and ensure the continuity of operation of the more than 11GWh of assets deployed by acquisition target Powin.

Fluence expects to hit the lower end of its previously issued revenue guidance for the 2025 financial year due to delays in ramping up at US production sites.

Another edition of news in brief, focusing on the UK market with Wärtsilä, Canadian Solar, Gresham House and Eku Energy.

A 535MW fleet of aggregated household battery storage systems, including Tesla Powerwalls, effectively reduced net load on the California grid in a recent test event.  

One of the world’s major players in solar PV is also becoming a well-known name in the energy storage system (ESS) space.

Caterpillar has agreed to deploy a CHP plant featuring more than a gigawatt-hour of batteries for a new data centre complex in Utah, US.

Optimisation platform provider Ascend Analytics and EPC firm SolarMax Technologies have announced battery storage projects by clients and partners in Texas’ ERCOT market.

Software-focused energy storage system integrator FlexGen’s bid to acquire assets from bankrupt rival Powin has been approved in court.