The expert judges’ difficult decisions to select winners from hundreds of worthy entries for the Energy Storage Awards 2026 are almost finalised.

Europe is no longer betting on second-life repurposing of EV batteries for stationary BESS applications, and that is not a bad thing, argues David Oudsandji, CEO of Voltfang.

Alberto Valenzuela discusses ahead of Energy Storage Summit Latin America about Mexico’s growing interest in renewables and energy storage, and the factors driving this growth.

Power group Engie has put an 142MW/802MWh BESS project in Chile into operation, while IPP Grenergy has secured financing for the fifth and final stage of its Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.

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.