Distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus has raised US$225 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round and is looking to expand in the US and Canada.

Australians installed 276,011 home battery storage systems in the first half of 2026, 52% more than in the previous six months.

Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got industry people talking in the corridors of social media. 

Finland is the Nordic region’s most-talked-about market for the moment, with project deals and other battery storage development activity from local and international players.  

South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) has unveiled its KRW1,000 trillion (US$747 billion) Korean Green Transformation (K-GX) industrial strategy.

AI data centres have energy and power requirements demanding enough to potentially stretch lithium-ion beyond its versatile limits, writes Intertek CEA market intelligence consultant Aaron Marks.

The first half of the year saw mixed results among China’s leading ESS suppliers, though generally the industry is still performing strongly, writes PV Tech ESS analyst Charlotte Gisbourne. 

Hithium’s recent sodium-ion battery and BESS product launch is the latest in a long line of announcements showing an inflection point for the battery chemistry. But how do its new products compare to other sodium-ion systems out there, and to its own LFP offering?  

A US Senate bill proposing to speed up permitting for energy projects has received a mixed response from clean energy industry and advocacy groups.

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