There’s been progress on several large-scale BESS projects in the UK, with Matrix Renewables securing financing for its Eccles project and BW ESS enlisting EDF to optimise its Hams Hall one; plus smaller announcements.

US investment group Pantheon Atlas LLC has a planned 1GW hyperscaler data centre campus in Croatia will be supplied entirely by renewables.

Energy trading firm Second Foundation is building three grid-scale BESS projects in the Czech Republic totalling 307MW this year, with the technology provided by local firm Gaz Energy.

LG ES posted a quarterly loss in Q1 2026 financial results this morning, partly due to investments in energy storage system (ESS) cell manufacturing.

Trina Storage’s Warrick Stapleton discusses APAC’s shift to 500MWh+ BESS, open ecosystem approach, and Australia’s role as a regional testbed.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Rob Greskowiak, chief commercial officer at Lightshift Energy, about the company’s distributed storage approach to the demand of PJM.

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has signed three power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its 117MW/643.8MWh Sonnedix Librillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chile.

Trinasolar’s Europe & LAC president, Gonzalo de la Viña, discusses Trina Storage, the Chinese solar PV giant’s battery storage business, its strategies and projects.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide project financing for large-scale solar and storage projects in Egypt and Hungary, for project owners HAU Energy/Infinity Power and Renalfa respectively.

Western Australia to expand renewable energy and energy storage across the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS).