The price of BESS has fallen steadily in the past few years, but recent events look set to slow or event reverse that trend at least in the short term. Video interviewees at last month’s Energy Storage Summit 2026 shared their views on the topic.

Australia’s New South Wales now requires 56GWh of storage by 2030, amounting to 40% more than projected just six months ago.

LG Energy Solution has entered into a US$4.3 billion supply agreement with Tesla, announced by the US government, while simultaneously upgrading its EV battery plant with GM for ESS cells.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Michael Huisenga, Managing Director, Bid Optimisation, at Ascend Analytics, about optimising energy storage revenues, ahead of the upcoming Energy Storage Summit USA.

Renewables and battery storage are quick and cheap to deploy for satisfying data centre power demand, writes Jason Kaminsky of kWh Analytics.

Energy-Storage.news speaks to Laurence Copson, energy storage specialist (US markets & policy), at BESS and EV solutions firm Zenobē Energy, ahead of the upcoming Energy Storage Summit USA.

A joint venture between TotalEnergies and Eren Groupe has submitted a 6GWh solar-plus-storage project for environmental approval in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT).

We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.

Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.

Google has finalised its acquisition of US renewable energy developer Intersect Power, as part of its plan to power its data centre expansions in the US.