Luke Witmer, VP of software engineering at Wärtsilä Energy Storage, explains why 2025 was an “awkward” year, but one that saw the industry grow taller than ever.

Year in Review series perspectives, from FEOC to data centres, from Vaughn Morrison, partner at US law firm Troutman Pepper Locke.

FranklinWH and ConnectDER have had their respective battery and electric meter technologies enrolled into programmes in Arizona expected to accelerate the take-up of home batteries for virtual power plants (VPPs).

US-based iron-sodium battery manufacturer Inlyte Energy has successfully completed a factory acceptance test of its first field-ready battery at its facility near Derby, UK, witnessed by representatives from US utility Southern Company.

A staggering total of 18GW/65GWh of large-scale BESS came online in China last month, accounting for a quarter of the total capacity deployed across the globe in 2025.

Duke Energy, Elevate Renewables, and Fluence Energy, along with BrightNight and Cordelio Power, are advancing BESS projects across the BESS.

Fluence senior VP and chief enterprise operations officer Roman Loosen explains how 2025 saw energy storage go from “important” to “essential.”

Developer Apex Clean Energy has announced financing of three utility-scale renewable energy projects across Texas, Ohio, and Illinois, including the Raven Storage project in Wharton County, Texas.

San Diego-based home battery storage company NeoVolta has formed NeoVolta Power, a joint venture (JV) to develop a US battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing platform in Pendergrass, Georgia.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Phil Tonkin, field chief technology officer at Dragos, and Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, a Brattle principal, on BESS cybersecurity.