North American lithium-ion battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle has seen a significant increase in battery energy storage system (BESS) materials in its feedstock.

Fluence has reported a year-on-year fall in quarterly revenues and lowered its 2025 guidance but sees ‘robust’ global demand for battery storage.  

Battery storage played a crucial role in the Baltic region’s switch from Russia over to the Continental European grid over the weekend, coinciding with Lithuania launching a €100 million storage support scheme.

Modo Energy has said that battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) earned an average of AU$148,000/MW (US$92,810/MW) in 2024, a 45% increase year-on-year.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has published information and recommendations for battery management systems (BMS) in stationary energy storage applications.

The government of Cyprus has published guidelines for a scheme to support the deployment of approximately 150MW/350MWh of energy storage.  

NYSE-listed firm Freyr has cancelled its plans for a battery manufacturing plant in Georgia, US, following its pivot to becoming a US solar company.

Tesla has inked an MoU with the Western Australian government to develop a battery re-manufacturing facility in Collie.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has issued notice to proceed for Summerfield large-scale battery storage project in South Australia.