Geothermal and battery storage firm Ormat Technologies’ 80MW/320MWh Shirk battery energy storage system (BESS) in Visalia, California, US, has reached commercial operation.

According to a representative from sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery energy storage system (BESS) startup Peak Energy, the company will pilot a 3.1MWh system at Energy firm RWE’s Eastern Wisconsin, US lab.

We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.

A 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-forming inverters has gone into commercial operation in Cambodia.

Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.

New York, US is leading the country in battery energy storage system (BESS) moratoriums, with 97 moratoriums in place, according to renewables service provider Carina Energy.

Google has finalised its acquisition of US renewable energy developer Intersect Power, as part of its plan to power its data centre expansions in the US.

Iron flow battery company ESS Tech Inc highlighted its recent partnership with Google and the acquisition of VoltStorage GmbH, as profitability remained out of reach in 2025.

European IPP R.Power’s head of BESS and CCO sat down with Energy-Storage.news at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 last month for a video interview to discuss the firm’s storage activity and approach to procuring technology.

New Jersey’s regulator has approved the construction of battery storage facilities and a procurement for further energy storage resources in the PJM-connected US state.