Community engagement is an important part of battery energy storage system (BESS) project development. Not engaging with a community or even engaging minimally can stop a project dead in its tracks, delaying development.

Chinese lithium-ion OEM Gotion High-Tech has launched manufacturing of its 5MWh BESS units at its manufacturing facility in Göttingen, Germany.

Officials in Harvey County, Kansas, US, are the latest to instate a temporary ban on BESS facilities destined for unincorporated areas of their jurisdiction.

Aboitiz Power has kicked off a 30MW hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Philippines.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has made grid-forming BESS a priority for the National Electricity Market (NEM) and South West Interconnected System (SWIS) for 2026.

Acciona Energía has submitted plans for a wind-plus-storage site featuring up to 800MWh of BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act.

As the US looks to establish reliable battery supply chains, TerraFlow Energy and ESS Tech look beyond lithium-ion for long-duration energy storage solutions.

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has started construction at a 150MW solar-plus-storage project in the US state of New Mexico, the BESS for which will be manufactured in the US by LG Energy Solution.

Vertically integrated utilities Eneco and EPH will build a 50MW/200MWh BESS in the Netherlands via a 50:50 joint venture.

Chinese multinational renewable energy solutions provider Envision Energy has partnered with developer FERA Australia to deliver 1,500MWh hybrid integrated wind and energy storage projects.