How should BESS owner-operators be thinking about augmentation of their projects further down the line?

We’re back with another BESS Industry Buzz after a short period off, tracking interesting hot takes and analysis from across the energy storage industry.

Samsung SDI has released its Q3 2026 financial results, highlighting a 52.6% year-over-year rise in revenue and a return to profitability.

Carrie Xiao reports on the recent financial and operational results of Chinese portable battery storage manufacturers, many of which are based in Shenzhen.

Scatec, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed an investment agreement for Dandara solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has released over US$46 million for the state’s Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (DEBA) Programme.

The intense competition between BESS suppliers in the European market and the ever-more dense products available increases technical risk and the possibility of contractual issues further down the line, a France-based advisor said.

Distributed energy resource (DER)-focused company FranklinWH has recently announced advancements in residential energy storage programmes in Louisiana and Iowa.

IPP Sonnedix has put two solar-plus-storage projects into commercial operation in Portugal, coinciding with the government moving to use BESS to strengthen the reliability of its electricity grid.

A trio of battery storage news announcements from the buoyant Nordic market, including projects in Finland and Sweden.