BlackRock-backed Akaysha Energy has commenced operations at its 205MW/410MWh Brendale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia, delivering the project close to five months ahead of the original schedule.
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).
Virtual BESS tolling platform startup Terralayr has raised €192 million (US$223 million), primarily for its own build-own-operate BESS pipeline. CEO Philipp Man spoke to Energy-Storage.news about the funding round and growing its capacity virtualisation and tolling platform.
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.
Two pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects have been submitted for approval under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
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.
