Victorian energy storage designer and manufacturer PowerPlus Energy has secured AU$2.3 million (US$1.65 million) in funding from ARENA.

In this US news roundup, Eos and Turbine-X, CPower and Vertiv, and Elevate Renewables highlight the ‘bring your own capacity’ model in data centre-focused announcements.

HD Renewable Energy and utility Tokyo Gas signed a deal for two large-scale projects in another busy week for Japan’s growing battery storage market.

Recurrent Energy Australia has achieved grid connection approval under clause 5.3.4 of the National Electricity Rules from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) for its Sundown Energy Park.

Building BESS is complicated, with myriad considerations around supplier contracts, site acceptance tests, data analysis, interface between different contractors.

Synergy has submitted a hybrid renewable energy project to Australia’s EPBC Act, featuring a 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS).

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has approved a motion from Tesla, residential solar and battery installer Sunrun, and residential solar installer SunStrong Management to auto-enroll participants in an emergency capacity resource programme.

Energy storage and battery market experts speak with Energy-Storage.news about current and possible supply chain and downstream impacts of the US and Israel’s war on Iran.

The attractiveness of the BESS market for M&A and investment, amidst a slowdown in activity, was discussed on a panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London.

Neoen Australia has referred its 3,200MWh Bondo wind-plus-storage project for federal environmental assessment.