What are the merchant opportunities in Germany, where there are almost no capacity schemes or subsidies for energy storage? A panel of expert speakers discussed the opportunities in Europe’s largest energy market on the panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February.

MetaWealth COO Michael Topolinski IV discussed the firm’s first BESS project in Romania, which is partially financed with bonds marketed at retail investors. 

SSE Renewables, Matrix Renewables, Drax and Voltaria have all progressed large-scale BESS projects in the UK, all-in-all totalling 1.8GWh of new capacity.

Eora Energy has officially launched in Australia and is positioning itself as a challenger in the vanadium redox flow battery market.

What is the future for the grid-scale energy storage market in Italy, now that the dust has settled from the country’s long-awaited MACSE auction for BESS?

EnerVenue, the US company commercialising technology adapted from nickel-hydrogen batteries, has closed a US$300 million extension of its Series B preferred stock financing round.

BESS developer-operator Harmony Energy has started construction on a 100MW/200MWh BESS in France, its third to reach that stage in the country.

ESN Premium discusses the sixth edition of the key industry safety standard, UL9540A, with Dana Parmenter of the standards organisation and NRTL, CSA Group.

Developer-investor Hexa Energy Services has inaugurated what is thought to be Japan’s first operational battery storage project with a capacity market contract.

Australian BESS face new financing reality as spreads halve to AU$100/MWh and lenders demand 50-70% contracting amid 15GW deployment surge.