Few grids illustrate the strain of America’s data centre boom more starkly than the PJM Interconnection.

We’re back with another BESS Industry Buzz after a short period off, tracking interesting hot takes and analysis from across the energy storage industry.

Samsung SDI has released its Q3 2026 financial results, highlighting a 52.6% year-over-year rise in revenue and a return to profitability.

Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA has launched a grid-forming solar-plus-storage solution in Australia, unveiling it at the All-Energy Australia 2026 event in Melbourne this week.

Scatec, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed an investment agreement for Dandara solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has released over US$46 million for the state’s Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (DEBA) Programme.

Distributed energy resource (DER)-focused company FranklinWH has recently announced advancements in residential energy storage programmes in Louisiana and Iowa.

IPP Sonnedix has put two solar-plus-storage projects into commercial operation in Portugal, coinciding with the government moving to use BESS to strengthen the reliability of its electricity grid.

Energy storage developer-operator Bimergen Energy has filed an application for an Option 2 Retail Electric Provider (REP) certificate in Texas, US.

As BESS projects grow more complex, so does the question of what ‘purpose’ even means in a construction contract, writes contracts lawyer Suriya Ashok of Clyde & Co.