“It’s the most powerful BESS in the world,” Nick Carter of Akaysha Energy, tells ESN Premium after switching on the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia.

Long-term BESS offtake and PPA deals are clearly on the rise in Europe, but how are they evolving vi-a-vis structures, tenors and regional differences?

After imposing a moratorium on the development of new battery storage projects in January 2024, officials in Solano County, California, have adopted new zoning standards for the technology.

Miami, Florida-based developer Spearmint Energy has been given the go-ahead to develop a 300MW/600MWh lithium-ion BESS destined for Texas City in the Lone Star State. 

We hear from US-based lithium sulfur battery firm Lyten executives about the firm’s deal to take ownership of European battery firm Northvolt.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with the co-founder and chief products officer of microinverter and home energy storage system supplier Enphase Energy, Raghu Belur, to discuss the domestic content of its systems and the company’s latest earnings report.

FlexGen “felt compelled to step up” and ensure the continuity of operation of the more than 11GWh of assets deployed by acquisition target Powin.

Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) have withdrawn plans to deploy a new 400MW/1,600MWh BESS.

Sahand Karimi, CEO of OptiGrid, tells ESN Premium that the majority of BESS projects in the NEM “rarely go fully contracted”.

Officials at the Zoning Board of Appeals for Hamilton County, Indiana, have rejected an application for a lithium iron phosphate BESS from developer Aypa Power.