Ukraine’s need for energy storage presents opportunities for brave investors, Energy-Storage.news hears from Vadym Utkin, energy storage lead at DTEK.

Transgrid has shortlisted nine utility-scale battery storage projects, totalling up to 2GW, to provide critical system strength services.

American Battery Factory (AFB) has secured offtake agreements for 4.5GWh of its initial 5.5GWh US factory output.

Ex-Fluence alumnus Marek Kubik sat down with Energy-Storage.news at last month’s Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London to talk big picture BESS technology trends, including energy density, LDES and sodium-ion.

As battery energy storage systems (BESS) and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure expand in the US and Europe, a clear contrast is becoming evident in their market growth.

Renewables developer and IPP Storm has secured project finance for two large-scale BESS projects in Ruien and Langerlo, Belgium.

Wood Mackenzie has forecast that the US energy storage industry will install around half a terawatt-hour of new capacity over the next five years.

AU$2bn deal secures Boyne smelter to 2040+ with 600MW+ battery storage firming renewables for Rio Tinto’s aluminium production in Queensland.

The New South Wales IPC has approved Ausgrid’s 400MWh Steel River East BESS located within the Hunter and Central Coast REZ.

Arevon, Banpu Power (BPP) and Energy Vault have made BESS project announcements totalling 1,550MWh of capacity in the US.