The UK saw a slowdown in both BESS installations and submitted applications in 2024, while applications in Ireland grew by capacity, writes PV Tech Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.

A new 200kW/284kWh community battery energy storage system (BESS) has been switched on in Cammeray, a suburb of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia.

The UK government has not ruled out changing grid access rights for new energy storage projects as part of its REMA reforms, a potential move that consultancy AFRY and investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) discussed with Energy-Storage.news.

System integrator Powin contributes to the latest of our Year in Review series, after a year in which it expanded into Europe and launched a new BESS product.

Chinese battery manufacturer Rept Battero has announced plans to develop an 8GWh gigafactory in Indonesia specialising in lithium-ion cells for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Finnish telecoms firm Elisa will manage the charging activity of a 100MWh ‘Sand Battery’ project, optimising its activity in the country’s electricity reserve market.

A new study from Stanford says that sodium-ion batteries will need more breakthroughs in order to compete with lithium-ion (Li-ion).

Energy storage deployments globally increased by over half in 2024, with the grid-scale segment the driver of this, market intelligence firm Rho Motion’s head of research writes in this contributed article.

System integrator Fluence will provide 200MW/400MWh of BESS for dependent power producer (IPP) DTEK’s projects in Ukraine.

Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the trends shaping the battery storage supply chain as market growth accelerates worldwide.