The Energy Storage Report 2026 is packed with insights, analysis and fresh reporting on the headline topics in BESS today.

China’s energy storage sector may be at the start of a price trend reversal, with recent data showing price increases.

The Argentinian Government has launched a new battery energy storage system (BESS) tender seeking 700MW and 4-hour duration.

Global long-duration energy storage (LDES) deployment figures soared in 2025, but newer technologies risk being outcompeted by the incumbent, lithium-ion (Li-ion).

Residential energy storage startup Base Power is collaborating with utility Denton County Electric Cooperative (CoServ) to deploy 100MW of residential energy storage across North Texas, US.

Software and optimisation firms Flower, Volkswagen’s Elli and Nuvve have progressed large-scale BESS projects under own-and-operate models; Flower and Elli in Germany and the latter in Sweden.

Octopus Australia has broken ground on the 486MWh Blind Creek Solar Farm and Battery site in New South Wales (NSW).

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved Edify Energy’s 400MWh Burroway solar-plus-storage project in Australia.

Hanjung America, a subsidiary of South Korea-based battery manufacturer Hanjung NCS, will build its first US energy storage system (ESS) manufacturing facility in Huntington, Indiana, US.

A European Commission (EC) proposal to add domestic content requirements for energy storage will ‘significantly impact’ the industry but may not reduce overall dependence on China.