Return and Engie have agreed a long-term BESS toll in Spain while EnBW and Zelestra have finalised one in Italy, totalling 55MW and 300MW of capacity respectively.

Energy companies are accelerating battery storage deployment in Romania, with Aukera, ENEVO Group and Kraftfeld Energy, and PPC Renewables Romania announcing significant project developments.

Danish developer European Energy has reached financial close on the 80MWh Mokoan solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia.

Residential renewable energy solutions company Palmetto recently launched its Palmetto Energy Backup Plan, a residential battery subscription aimed at making residential storage more accessible in 25 US states.

UAE state-owned IPP Masdar has reached financial close on what it has claimed is the world’s “first gigascale 24/7 renewable energy project”.

The European Commission has released its final Electrification Action Plan, reaffirming its belief that the bloc needs 200GW of energy storage by 2030.

As the battery storage market continues its strong growth trajectory, battery manufacturers are ramping up production to meet increased demand.

Hithium, an integrated energy storage solutions provider known for its leadership in long-duration energy storage, is now seeing strong momentum across its residential businesses and C&I. We discussed this with the company at the Smarter E Europe trade show in Germany last month.  

CHINT Global’s Beibei Zheng discusses how the company is responding to Europe’s dual challenge of AI sovereignty and energy security.

Australia’s NEM connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26, more than double the result achieved in FY25.