LG ES posted a quarterly loss in Q1 2026 financial results this morning, partly due to investments in energy storage system (ESS) cell manufacturing.

Developer RES Australia has referred a 400MW/2,400MWh BESS to the federal EPBC Act for environmental assessment.

BESS in Australia’s NEM more than tripled their daytime-to-evening energy shifting in the first quarter of 2026, according to AEMO.

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has signed three power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its 117MW/643.8MWh Sonnedix Librillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chile.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide project financing for large-scale solar and storage projects in Egypt and Hungary, for project owners HAU Energy/Infinity Power and Renalfa respectively.

NZ’s electricity system is expected to fall below minimum security standards by 2031 despite a record of new generation and BESS projects.

Western Australia to expand renewable energy and energy storage across the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS). 

Utility DTE Energy has said it will forego customer rate increases for two years dependent on the success of a US$16 billion data centre campus involving a battery energy storage system (BESS).

IPP Grenergy has entered into a long-term toll with an ‘investment grade’ international utility for a solar PV co-located BESS of 680MWh in Spain.

Sumitomo Electric will supply a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system to enable grid integration of wind energy in Hokkaido, northern Japan.