Large-scale BESS deployments in Romania are benefiting from country-specific drivers, helping Romania emerge as a busy grid-scale market.

In this second part of our interview with Wood Mackenzie energy storage analysts, we look at risk factors and mitigation across the European and US markets.

We heard from Danske Commodities’ principal originator Rimshah Javed at the Energy Storage Summit 2026, to discuss trends in BESS offtake, optimisation, FCAs in Germany and the Danish market. The latter has taken off in the past year.

Utility-scale battery storage developer Jupiter Power’s 700MW/2,800MWh Trimount battery energy storage system (BESS) in Everett, Massachusetts, US, has been approved by state officials.

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3.6GWh of solar-plus-storage developments have progressed in Australia this week, with Edify Energy partnering with DT Infrastructure and Flow Power acquiring a 60MW project.

Oregon-based utility company Portland General Electric has finalised agreements for more than 1,000MW of new renewable energy and BESS projects.

The Governing Board of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has approved renewables developer Polaris Renewable Energy’s battery energy storage system (BESS) standard offer (SO1) agreement.

Allianz GI, Luxcara and Return have acquired BESS projects and portfolios in Germany, Finland and Spain; Low Carbon, OX2, Cero Generation and Revera have taken FIDs on projects in Poland, Finland and the UK; and NHOA Energy has received a 600MWh order in Italy. All in all, the projects total at least 3.7GWh of capacity.

A number of Chinese energy storage companies have released their 2025 annual earnings results and forecasts, revealing divergent performance.