South Africa continues its push for energy storage capacity, with utility and grid operator Eskom issuing a call to work on a 21GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project.

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.

DLA Piper finds merchant BESS appeal splits Japan, Singapore and Australia, with regulatory certainty, grid access and returns shaping investor views.

Bankability & offtake and regulatory & system reform were the key talking points on the opening panel of the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 which runs today and tomorrow (13-14 October). 

US tax equity syndicator Foss & Company has closed a US$58 million partnership flip transaction to finance an energy storage project in Hidalgo County, Texas, developed by GridStor.

Independent power producer (IPP) Clearway Energy has added 210MW of energy storage capacity to its Honeycomb Energy Centre fleet in Southern Utah, US.

Big names in the downstream battery storage market have signed up to join an initiative aimed at simplifying BESS procurement.  

Valo, the new joint venture formed as a continuation of Wärtsilä’s energy storage business, is weighing up investing in the US supply chain, including factories.   

Samsung C&T’s Australian renewables arm has referred an 800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria’s Gippsland region to the federal government under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.