Lion Energy has announced a strategic partnership with gigafactory startup American Battery Factory to enable recently announced 4.5GWh offtake agreements.
Dutch TSO TenneT has signed a contract with a developer for a large-scale BESS which will help to relieve grid congestion, possibly enabling the quicker deployment of renewables in the Netherlands.
Energy Vault has entered what it has described as “one of the world’s fastest-growing energy storage markets,” acquiring a portfolio of development projects in Japan.
Multinational power firm Engie has acquired two large-scale BESS projects in Spain, paired with synchronous condensers and has launched construction on a BESS in France.
A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, discussed the “creative, innovative structures” developers are having to embrace to secure long-term revenues for energy storage projects.
The Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island’s PEI Energy Corporation (PEIEC) has issued a request for expressions of interest (REOI) for a 10-50MW, four-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS).