Europe is suddenly seeing AI data centre scale-up take centre stage in energy planning considerations amid the ongoing electrification of the economy.
Developer New Leaf Energy withdrew its application for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Santa Cruz County, California, US, choosing to seek approval through the California Energy Commission (CEC).
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Arash Shojaie of QIC Infrastructure outlines how Queensland’s North West Energy Fund will approach cost reduction, technology selection and more.
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We caught up with the CEO of owner-operator BW ESS, Erik Strømsø, about the firm’s next deployment plans, tolling trends, procurement and LDES, with its 11.5-hour Bannaby BESS in Australia further proof of lithium-ion’s long-duration potential.
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AI data centre battery storage announcements on both sides of the Atlantic explore the tapping of grid-balancing revenues and distributed computing.
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Field and Pulse Clean Energy have each advanced UK battery storage projects this week, with a combined capacity of over 1.3GWh.
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L-H Battery Company commenced lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell production at its Jeffersonville, Ohio, US plant this month, for automotive and stationary power applications.
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Dutch long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer Elestor has partnered with Windpark Zeewolde to deploy a 20MW/200-800MWh hydrogen-iron flow battery storage system at what is described as Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.
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Waratah Super Battery developer Akaysha Energy and partners have begun construction of a large-scale battery project in Fukuoka, Japan.
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The Australian government has introduced a dedicated First Nations Set Aside pilot into both Capacity Investment Scheme Tenders 9 and 10.
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System integrator HyperStrong will deploy sodium-ion BESS first in its home market of China, before bringing a product to the international markets, its president of technology said.
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Eni Storage Systems has broken ground on a gigafactory in Italy set to build LFP cells for energy storage applications, while Chinese firm Hithium has won an €80 million grant from the Spanish government for a battery and BESS plant there.
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Developers must use all the tools at their disposal and be aware of the frontline climate risks that battery storage projects in Southeast Asia will be subject to.
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July 7, 2026
Chinese system integrators have cemented their dominance of the global battery energy storage system (BESS) market, capturing 76% of global market share in 2025.

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