Carrie Xiao reports back from this year’s edition of SNEC in Shanghai, China, the world’s biggest solar and energy storage expo.

The solar PV and energy storage expo SNEC 2026 in Shanghai, China, was the place to see product launches and showcases from the big players.

To avoid pitfalls that harm BESS investments, developers must sign well-structured contracts, writes Intertek CEA’s Yilin Huang.

Liam Critchley examines the modelling, safety standards and analytics that aim to mitigate the risk of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS).

We caught up with NeoVolta CEO Ardes Johnson about its US domestic BESS manufacturing partnership with Chinese firms Potis Edge and Longi, and how it has been structured to be FEOC compliant. 

Liam Critchley examines a selection of third-party technologies for preventing thermal runaway events in battery storage systems.

This special Japanese market roundup covers large-scale BESS project announcements from PowerX, Eku Energy and SMFL.

CATL has opened what it describes as the “world’s largest and most comprehensive testing and validation platform for energy storage systems” at its headquarters in Ningde, China.

RES Australia’s 2,400MWh Bunyip North BESS has cleared the federal environmental assessment process under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Solar-plus-storage projects are proliferating across the globe and necessitate a choice between DC and AC coupling. In this piece we look at the differences and pros and cons of each.