Trade association Energy Storage Canada (ESC) has recommended establishing a Distributed Reliability Track for behind-the-meter (BTM) and distribution-connected energy storage in Ontario.

This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

A roundup of user-posted analysis, views and unofficial news from across the industry this past week, this time looking at this week’s sabotage attack on the German grid, BESS revenues and electricity market activity, CATL’s LFP price cut and various non-lithium news.

CNESA’s report is a comprehensive overview of China’s energy storage sector in H1 2026 and outlines the industry outlook under the 15th Five-Year Plan.

Canadian Solar’s quarterly battery storage shipments increased 73% year-on-year, with 3.7GWh delivered in the second quarter of 2026.

The US energy storage industry broke deployment records in Q2 2026 in gigawatt-hour (GWh) terms, underpinned by growth in the utility-scale segment.

Rural and distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) projects could be emerging as critical infrastructure in the US as grid reliability risks intensify nationwide.

Geothermal energy company Bedrock Energy has had its proposed compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Huron County, Ontario, Canada rejected.

Nomad Power Solutions has announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity has authorised the advancement of an energy storage demonstration project in Vermont.