The expert judges’ difficult decisions to select winners from hundreds of worthy entries for the Energy Storage Awards 2026 are almost finalised.
We will have to wait until the November ceremony to find out who the well-deserved winners are across more than 20 categories. However, in what is becoming an Energy-Storage.news tradition, we can have a peek at the shortlist, which is now being compiled and honed into the final roll call of winners.
Now in their fourth year, the Energy Storage Awards recognise excellence and reward hard work across projects, portfolios and products, as well as deals, developers, outstanding individuals and diversity and inclusion.
Ahead of the fourth annual ceremony in London this November, the nominations window opened in late August, prompting a flood of entries. Luckily, our hand-picked panel of expert, independent judges were up to the task of evaluating each entry.
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Winners last year included Fluence picking up the company’s third consecutive System Integrator of the Year trophy, while it also won the Product of the Year gong for its Smartstack grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) solution.
Developer of the Year went to Ukraine-headquartered energy investor and power producer DTEK; other notable wins included Energy Dome’s second consecutive Long-Duration Energy Storage Company of the Year (LDES Company of the Year) prize and EDF’s second Trading and Optimisation Team of the Year win in a row.
The Energy Storage Awards 2026 take place 19 November 2026 at the Hilton London Metropole, UK. See the site for more details, including single-ticket, full-table, and half-table options for the dinner, networking, and entertainment, and, of course, the glamorous awards ceremony with special guest speaker, broadcaster, and adventurer Ben Fogle.
Who is on the shortlist for 2026?
We are excited to reveal a small taste of the shortlist from the Industry Awards category today:
See the full shortlist of nominations in the Energy Storage Awards 2026 on the official website, as well as the full lists of previous winners, Highly Commended runner-up awards and shortlists.
| System Integrator of the Year | Developer of the Year |
| Sungrow | OX2 |
| Envision | Statkraft |
| Hyperstrong | Field |
| RES | Fidra Energy |
| NHOA Energy | Zenobē |
| XCharge North America | |
| Wärtsilä Energy Storage | |
| Fluence |
