ESN Premium heard from executives at battery energy storage system (BESS) firms Rept and Fluence on the EU funding ban on Chinese inverters in solar and BESS projects.

ZincFive, a manufacturer of nickel-zinc battery systems for data centre and AI infrastructure applications, announced on 11 June that it will become publicly traded through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Spark I Acquisition Corporation.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with co-founder and chief products officer of microinverter and home energy storage system supplier Enphase Energy, Raghu Belur, about the company’s recent focus on solid-state transformer technology.

We chat to Stephan Lehrke, head of Germany at Second Foundation, a Czech Republic-headquartered energy asset trading firm which is becoming an owner-operator of BESS.

Wärtsilä spinning out its energy storage activities and divesting a 50% stake this week reflects difficulties in making the business profitable and synergistic within the wider group activities, analysts said.

Around 4.9GW/14.6GWh of large-scale BESS came online in May, with a much more balanced regional breakdown than usual.

ESN Premium speaks with ASL on the latest FERM tender results in South Australia and why batteries excelled.

What is driving and shaping European BESS project financing and M&A this year?

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Scott Blalock, general manager, integrated applications engineering, at BESS integrator Wärtsilä Energy Storage.

SK On’s North America president tells ESN Premium about the battery company’s vertically integrated push for market share across the US.