The grid-scale energy storage market in Germany is in a strong position but key questions around grid fees, grid connections, FCAs and the upcoming capacity market remain, speakers at the upcoming Energy Storage Summit Germany 2026 said. 

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has closed its Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II) at around US$3 billion.

CATL’s Core Operation Carbon Neutrality Launch Event was held in Ningde, Fujian Province, China, on 17 August.

US startup Form Energy has secured a US$750 million Series G financing round led by global investment management firm T. Rowe Price.

Energy storage deployments in China saw significant year-over-year growth in 2025 as the market size effectively doubled.

Independent power producer (IPP) Econergy has signed financing agreements for its Părău 2 solar and energy storage project in Brașov County, Romania.

Fluence and utility LEAG have begun construction of a second battery storage project in Germany, through a partnership that is also deploying Europe’s largest BESS to date.

US ‘multi-day’ energy storage startup Noon Energy has made an agreement with renewables platform Sabanci Renewables, to deploy 1GW of Noon’s technology for AI infrastructure in the US.

Casey Keller, founding partner at Caerus Commodities, shares critical lessons from optimising battery storage, ahead of the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit taking place in California on 15-16 September.

Squadron Energy has completed a refinancing of its Australian renewable energy portfolio, securing total debt commitments of more than AU$2.7 billion (US$1.76 billion).