As of the second quarter of this year, installed energy storage capacity in Europe overtook nuclear, according to trade association Energy Storage Europe’s new report.

We chat to Stephan Lehrke, head of Germany at Second Foundation, a Czech Republic-headquartered energy asset trading firm which is becoming an owner-operator of BESS.

Around 4.9GW/14.6GWh of large-scale BESS came online in May, with a much more balanced regional breakdown than usual.

Virginia’s biggest standalone BESS comes online, Cypress Creek raises funding for a gigawatt-scale hybrid resource, and Kore Power’s mobile solutions subsidiary is sold, in this edition of news in brief.

Western Power has started construction on 18 community battery energy storage systems across Perth and Bunbury in Western Australia.

APAC’s AI data centres look set to lock in a decade of coal and gas dependency, but long-duration energy storage can break that cycle, says Pavina Adunratanasee of ArkTerra Partners.

Legislation to create an incentive programme for behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage in New Jersey has been advanced by the US state’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee.  

A ‘staged approach’ to implementing the EU Battery Passport could be essential if Europe is to improve its battery supply chain.

SK On’s North America president tells ESN Premium about the battery company’s vertically integrated push for market share across the US.

Carrie Xiao reports back from this year’s edition of SNEC in Shanghai, China, the world’s biggest solar and energy storage expo.