State-owned utility and power generation firm NEK is deploying BESS at its hydropower plants across Bulgaria.

Australian energy major AGL Energy disclosed in its half-year results that it intends to make a final investment decision (FID) over the next 18 months for 1.4GW of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Gold Green Energy has secured consent for a 400MWh solar-plus-BESS site, whilst AEMO has seen 18.1GW of BESS seeking a connection to the NEM.

Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on a 250MW/500MWh BESS that will be co-located with one of the company’s operational solar facilities in Fort Bend County, Texas.

North American lithium-ion battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle has seen a significant increase in battery energy storage system (BESS) materials in its feedstock.

Fluence has reported a year-on-year fall in quarterly revenues and lowered its 2025 guidance but sees ‘robust’ global demand for battery storage.  

Battery storage played a crucial role in the Baltic region’s switch from Russia over to the Continental European grid over the weekend, coinciding with Lithuania launching a €100 million storage support scheme.

The energy storage market in Italy has unique characteristics that mean more risk-averse investment funds will be able to enter, but upcoming auctions could be very competitive, driving down clearing prices, a director at consultancy Timera Energy said.

Modo Energy has said that battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) earned an average of AU$148,000/MW (US$92,810/MW) in 2024, a 45% increase year-on-year.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has published information and recommendations for battery management systems (BMS) in stationary energy storage applications.