French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has been awarded a 20-year capacity services contract for its 200MW/1,600MWh energy storage project in Ontario.

Three massive BESS projects have been launched in Europe: BW ESS has broken ground on a 1GW/5.7GWh system in Germany, while Greenvolt and Giga Storage have enlisted suppliers (BYD and Tesla) for 2.4GWh and 2.8GWh projects in Poland and Belgium.

Energy Dome has signed its second low-carbon energy supply contract with Google.

In this US news roundup, e-Storage, Spearmint Energy, and OCI Energy advance battery energy storage system (BESS) projects and financing in Michigan and Texas.

With ees Europe taking place in Munich, Germany, this week alongside Intersolar Europe and Smarter E, Energy-Storage.news takes a look at some expo highlights.

AEMO has set out a storage requirement of almost 50GW in its latest 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP), split between 35GW of short and medium-duration battery storage for daily firming and 5GW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) for seasonal reliability.

US utility Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV) is issuing a request for information (RFI) for information on long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies.

LS Power-owned REV Renewables and US development and investment company LS Power have commissioned the Tumbleweed Energy Storage facility in Kern County, California, US.

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