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.

Duke Energy, Elevate Renewables, and Fluence Energy, along with BrightNight and Cordelio Power, are advancing BESS projects across the BESS.

Fluence senior VP and chief enterprise operations officer Roman Loosen explains how 2025 saw energy storage go from “important” to “essential.”

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.

San Diego-based home battery storage company NeoVolta has formed NeoVolta Power, a joint venture (JV) to develop a US battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing platform in Pendergrass, Georgia.

We hear from IPP Zelestra about its decision not to proceed in Italy’s MACSE auction and the auction’s wider implications on demand for private tolls.

Torrent Power has contracted Larsen & Toubro to construct a 3GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Maharashtra, India.

BlackRock-backed developer Akaysha Energy is reportedly considering options to raise additional funds, including selling a minority stake, to support the expansion of its battery energy storage operations.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Phil Tonkin, field chief technology officer at Dragos, and Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, a Brattle principal, on BESS cybersecurity.