Octopus Australia has announced plans to develop what it claims is Australia’s “largest planned battery energy storage system (BESS)” in New South Wales.

ASL (formerly AEMO Services) has completed New South Wales’ (NSW) largest-ever tender for long-duration energy storage (LDES), contracting six new battery projects for a combined 1.17GW/11.98GWh.

A 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Estonia has been inaugurated by Baltic Storage Platform (BSP), a joint venture (JV) between Baltic developer Evecon, French independent power producer (IPP) Corsica Sole and investment manager Mirova.

Three Chinese energy storage companies have recently successively filed or updated their listing applications with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), planning IPOs on the Hong Kong Main Board.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has reached development milestones for its total 1.21GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US, and is now advancing the project toward operation.

LG Energy Solution will keep global battery cell production at around 300GWh in 2026, while increasing its proportion of supply for energy storage system (ESS) applications.

Commissioning is often an underestimated final step in the hard work it takes to bring a BESS project online, writes Lynn Appollis-Laurent of Camelot Energy.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway-owned BHE Renewables has successfully energised its 75MW/150MWh Glacier Battery System project in Montana, US.

Energy-Storage.news Premium hears from Tom Cornell, CEO and President of Prevalon Energy, about the company’s strategies for navigating upcoming changes in the energy storage industry over the next year.

While steps are being taken, Spain still lacks the market mechanisms and regulatory framework for large-scale energy storage.