As China enters Q4 2025, the capacity utilisation rate of the country’s energy storage battery manufacturing capacity will remain high, a trade body said.

US utility Xcel Energy plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy system (BESS) facility at the Sherco Energy Hub in central Minnesota, US.

LG Energy Solution and Stellantis’ joint venture (JV), NextStar Energy, Canada’s first large-scale lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturing plant, is expanding to produce energy storage system (ESS) batteries.

Utility Osaka Gas and developer Sonnedix are installing what is claimed to be the largest battery storage facility co-located with renewable energy generation in Japan so far.

ESN Premium speaks with Neha Sinha of Wärtsilä Energy Storage, about DC-coupled solar-battery hybrids in Australia.

Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program processes 8,000 applications per week, according to Carl Binning of the Clean Energy Regulator.

Thermal energy storage (TES) startup Rondo Energy has announced its second 100MWh project within a matter of weeks, at a brewery in Portugal.

Samsung SDI is ramping up its manufacturing of energy storage batteries in the US to 30GWh by the end of 2026, while EV demand remains sluggish.

The Illinois General Assembly’s passing of a major energy bill, including a 3GW energy storage target, has been welcomed by environmental advocacy groups and trade associations.

From August 2026, energy storage projects in France will benefit from changes to grid tariffs designed to encourage them to support the grid at specific times of the day.