Independent power producer (IPP) Verano Energy has awarded the battery energy storage system (BESS) supply for its 152MW/606MWh Observatorio project to Sungrow.

Spanish renewables developer Acciona Energía has unveiled plans to install two battery energy storage systems (BESS).

EPEC Group has been awarded a contract to cover the high-voltage connection works for the Lower Wonga Solar Farm in Queensland, Australia, by the EPC contractor INTEC Energy Solutions.

Octopus Australia has shifted its focus to constructing a DC-coupled battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria.

Australia’s grid-scale battery storage fleet set a cluster of dispatch-interval records on 11 August in the NEM.

Operators anticipate bringing an additional 54GW of battery storage capacity online over the next two and half years, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

On August 10, REPT BATTERO reported that its H1 2026 performance had already surpassed its 2025 full-year results, with residential storage cell shipments ranking first globally. The company also unveiled its new cell products for AIDC (AI Data Center), commercial vehicles, and low-altitude aircrafts.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has entered into a strategic agreement supporting hyperscaler AI data centres for a customer in Texas, US.

A round-up of news from Europe’s BESS market, which includes Encavis and OX2 in Italy and Sunotec in Bulgaria.

Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached financial close of the La Esperanza Solar energy storage-plus-solar PV project in the state of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.