A fire broke out yesterday (16 January) at the Moss Landing facility which houses what was once the world’s largest BESS, owned by Vistra Energy, in California, US.

Dedicated battery energy storage system (BESS) spin-out of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Prevalon Energy has secured a contract with investor-owned-utility (IOU) Idaho Power for a 200MW/800MWh BESS.

Finnish telecoms firm Elisa will manage the charging activity of a 100MWh ‘Sand Battery’ project, optimising its activity in the country’s electricity reserve market.

Officials in Greene County, North Carolina will delay issuing a special use permit for the construction of a hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.

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.

A new study from Stanford says that sodium-ion batteries will need more breakthroughs in order to compete with lithium-ion (Li-ion).

Developer PureSky Energy has extended its Non-Binding Offer (NBO) deadline for a 794MW/1,588MWh portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US, to Friday, 24 January.

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

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.