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.

Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy PPAs in Australia totalling 430MW of capacity, eight of which include co-located BESS.

Fluence’s chief growth officer, Jeff Monday, and Australia strategy lead, Sam Markham, discuss hyperscale opportunities, grid-forming evolution, and the company’s high-density Smartstack deployment plans.

Industry leaders warned that “unfettered optimism” regarding battery degradation is hitting a wall of operational reality.

How can the industry prepare for when the first wave of utility-scale BESS projects begin to reach end-of-life?

Informa Markets is launching the inaugural Battery Asset Management Summit, Canada (BAM Canada).

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, focused on the evolving landscape of battery energy storage system (BESS) procurement.

Envision’s Behzad Naderi believes that Australia’s hybridisation rules are reshaping development and connection processes across the NEM.