Update 2 October 2026: The financial impact of the write-down to Wärtsilä’s full-year 2026 is expected to be significantly less than initially communicated.

Sungrow has completed grid connection and full acceptance testing of a 108.4MW/215.6MWh grid-forming BESS in Cambodia.

Orix Corporation has begun construction of its first battery storage projects to be supported by external investment.

Queensland’s average wholesale electricity price fell by 40% in the 2025-26 financial year, a drop CleanCo Queensland attributes to BESS.

Three US utilities, Ameren Missouri, DTE Energy in Michigan, and Black Hills Energy in Colorado have recently submitted IRPs with highlighted BESS project additions.

IPP Northland Power has announced that its 80MW/160MWh Jurassic energy storage project in Cypress County, Alberta, CA, has achieved commercial operations.

Gotion and Volkswagen AG will establish three joint ventures to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and battery materials in Valencia (Spain), Surany (Slovakia), and Kenitra (Morocco).

Kerala has proposed a five-year tariff framework with rules for BESS, PSP, including efficiency, availability and grid-forming requirements.

Gotion High-Tech has been named as the BESS supplier for three projects totalling 6GWh awarded to an ACWA Power consortium in Saudi Arabia.

Two Australian battery storage developments advanced, both moving large-scale projects closer to construction through separate approval pathways.