Welcome to our latest BESS Industry Buzz, this week featuring the US midterms, ultra-rapid BESS commissioning, how to calculate RTE and a cybersecurity incident in Chile.

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the asset management unit of the central bank of Norway, has acquired a 10% interest in North American battery storage developer-operator Aypa Power.

India’s Union government has approved the next IR145 billion phase of Viability Gap Funding (VGP) for energy storage capacity additions.

US retail giant Walmart has made a strategic investment in home battery storage firm Base Power, while Sunrun has doubled the size of its home battery VPP in Puerto Rico.

Democrats scored major victories in the US Midterm elections, taking both the House and Senate and flipping several long-held Republican strongholds, with changes likely to occur in the clean energy sector.

Three developers have secured debt and equity for solar PV, wind and battery storage projects across Australia and New Zealand.

LG Energy Solution saw 28% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue in Q3 2026, with “significant energy storage system (ESS) shipment growth” among the main drivers.

What is LMFP battery chemistry, and why is interest growing in it as a possible alternative to LFP batteries in battery energy storage system (BESS) applications?

The European Union is treading the wrong path on battery regulation, according to industry groups from battery, energy storage, electric mobility and adjacent sectors.

Australia has finished trialling grid-forming battery storage for system security services and needs contracts signed within two years.