Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.

The UK saw 1,590MW/3,179MWh of grid-scale BESS projects approved last month, bringing the total approved projects to around 55.4GW/117GWh.

With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.

The system integration arm of SMA Solar and utility RheinEnergie have partnered to deploy BESS projects in Germany, with construction about to launch on the first.

Sharon Santhosh, energy storage applications engineer at Wärtsilä, talks all things BESS noise, including enclosure design, the various mitigating measures engineers can implement, and implications of BESS technology developments further down the line.

Charlotte Gisbourne, market analyst at PV Tech Research discusses trends and movements in the Q1 2025 edition of the EnergyStorageTech Bankability Ratings report.

Allegro Energy has revealed what it claims is Australia’s first locally manufactured microemulsion flow battery (MeFB) suited for LDES.

A total of 11.9GW of energy storage across all scales and technologies was installed in Europe in 2024, bringing cumulative installations to 89GW.

Finnish marine and power technology firm Wärtsilä has ended an 18-month long strategic review of its Energy Storage and Optimisation (ES&O) business, a process which could have led to the firm divesting it.

New South Wales could become the first Australian state to pass battery regulation under the Product Lifecycle Responsibility Act.