Czech investment group Wood & Company (Wood & Co) has hired construction and optimisation partners for large-scale battery storage projects in Finland and Sweden.

The attractiveness of the BESS market for M&A and investment, amidst a slowdown in activity, was discussed on a panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London.

Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy PPAs in Australia totalling 430MW of capacity, eight of which include co-located BESS.

Industry leaders warned that “unfettered optimism” regarding battery degradation is hitting a wall of operational reality.

Developer Rye Development are partnering with Kentucky, US utility companies Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU), on a 266MW/2,128MWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project.

How can the industry prepare for when the first wave of utility-scale BESS projects begin to reach end-of-life?

Informa Markets is launching the inaugural Battery Asset Management Summit, Canada (BAM Canada).

NGEN and Harmony Energy have made strides in deploying large-scale BESS projects in Germany, launching construction and securing pipeline financing respectively.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, focused on the evolving landscape of battery energy storage system (BESS) procurement.

Vietnam’s government will “amend policies” to support production of clean energy technologies, a minister has said at the opening of a battery energy storage system (BESS) factory.