Chinese battery manufacturer Rept Battero has announced plans to develop an 8GWh gigafactory in Indonesia specialising in lithium-ion cells for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Hitachi Energy was ‘looking for a long time’ to add power conversion architecture to its offerings before its acquisition of Eks Energy (EKS), ESN Premium has heard.

The new edition of the Battery StorageTech Bankability report reveals an increasing number of competitive providers, writes PV Tech Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.

Renewable energy infrastructure developer BE Power Group’s 9.6GWh Big-G pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Queensland, Australia, has been submitted to the Federal government seeking approval under the EPBC Act.

Our Year in Review Q&A series continues as we speak with Andrew Gilligan, senior director for commercial strategy at Fluence.

Battery recycling firm Livium, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Envirostream Australia, has partnered with Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries from Lightsource bp’s Woolooga solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

Energy storage deployments globally increased by over half in 2024, with the grid-scale segment the driver of this, market intelligence firm Rho Motion’s head of research writes in this contributed article.

Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the trends shaping the battery storage supply chain as market growth accelerates worldwide.

Chinese multinational renewable energy solutions provider Envision Energy will supply a 320MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to Juniper Green Energy in India.

Western Australia and Victoria’s AusNet have provided financial aid to support battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the energy transition and community energy resiliency.