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In May, US automotive group Ford made the surprise announcement that it was launching a BESS product via new division Ford Energy. In this deep dive article, we look at its product’s specifications and how they compare to other existing solutions.
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BESS developers who built business cases on assumptions of faster coal plant closures are now absorbing the consequences of that timeline slipping.
Shell has sold sonnen, the residential battery storage company it acquired in 2019, as the oil & gas major focuses its attention on “portfolio high-grading efforts.”
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A battery storage system can meet every contracted performance guarantee and still leave its owner watching day-to-day output fall short of expectations.

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Geothermal energy company Bedrock Energy has had its proposed compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Huron County, Ontario, Canada rejected.
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China’s listed battery storage companies have entered the peak interim reporting season, with H1 2026 likely marking the broadest profit recovery in recent years.
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Octopus Australia, via its development partner Enervest, has submitted a 1.2GW/4.8GWh BESS for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.
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AMPYR Australia has selected OptiGrid’s OptiBidder platform to optimise the battery storage systems in its portfolio, following a benchmarking process that compared the platform’s revenue performance against rival optimisation systems.
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Ausconnex has begun construction on the first of eight community BESS planned across Greater Western Sydney, Australia.
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A total of 18GWh of large-scale BESS capacity came online in July 2026, of which China accounted for 70%. 
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