US storage and solar developer-operator Lightshift Energy will build Vermont’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project to date.

Locals have expressed dismay that Engie is nearing completion of a 300MW standalone BESS project near Savoy in Fannin County, Texas.

Through a competitive solicitation, over US$5 million is being made available for developers of advanced energy storage technologies in New York.

The US House of Representatives has passed a version of the ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ for budget reconciliation that has already been fiercely criticised for its energy provisions.

Developer BayWa r.e. has sold a 300MW BESS in the Netherlands to tank storage company Vopak.

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has completed the development of its 100MW/200MWh 2-hour duration Ruakākā BESS.

AEMO has released a determination to help simplify the technical requirements for renewables and BESS connecting to Australia’s NEM.

Bills passed in Maryland and a recommendation from the Maine Governor’s Energy Office have called for increased energy storage development in the respective states.

We hear from sources about the state of health of Europe’s battery ecosystem, and how current industry incumbents are hoping to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors.

BYD will supply more than half of the total battery storage capacity at developer Grenergy’s 11GWh Oasis de Atacama project in Chile.