The business model for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the US is changing rapidly, according to industry experts who gathered recently to discuss revenue strategies and market conditions.

Large-scale BESS projects have been completed or progressed in Bulgaria, Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania, including what is now the largest operational system in the CEE region.

Lithium-ion battery cell degradation is one of the things that makes BESS a more complicated asset to manage than other clean energy technologies.

US renewable energy developer, Longroad Energy’s Sun Pond solar-plus-storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona, US has reached commercial operation.

Second life battery storage firm Moment Energy has announced a US$40 million Series B funding round to accelerate its battery factory.

A quartet of Germany BESS project announcements: Green Flexibility has completed a project, Suncatcher has enlisted Statkraft to optimise three solar-plus-storage ones, SWB and Be.storaged are together building a system, while ArcelorMittal has enlisted EDF Power Solutions to do so.

Fluence’s Daniel Elias explores why circular-economy principles and material recovery are essential as renewable energy infrastructure matures and reaches end of life.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of CAISO, about the ISO’s newly launched Extended Day-Ahead Market.

Iron flow battery company ESS Tech Inc has signed a letter of intent for a strategic partnership with US sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery startup Alsym Energy.

Two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in South Australia and Queensland have received federal environmental clearance under the EPBC Act.