How can the industry prepare for when the first wave of utility-scale BESS projects begin to reach end-of-life?

Thermal management means cost, complexity and aux power consumption for battery storage projects, writes William Lauwers of Enertis Applus+.

Informa Markets is launching the inaugural Battery Asset Management Summit, Canada (BAM Canada).

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, focused on the evolving landscape of battery energy storage system (BESS) procurement.

Brazil’s national regulator, ANEEL, postponed an important decision on energy storage, days after approving the country’s first hybrid plant.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved a 200MW expansion of utility Xcel Energy’s Capacity*Connect virtual power plant (VPP) programme.

Lion Energy has announced a strategic partnership with gigafactory startup American Battery Factory to enable recently announced 4.5GWh offtake agreements.

What does the combination of regulatory, supply chain and market pressures mean for the cost of building large-scale BESS this year?

Gridstor and Axpo have executed an energy storage revenue swap agreement for a 220MW/440MWh BESS in Galveston County, Texas.