Rolls-Royce and Fluence have secured BESS orders in Latvia and Poland, respectively, while CATL has partnered with Merus Power for 3GWh of deployments across Northern Europe.

The solar PV and energy storage expo SNEC 2026 in Shanghai, China, was the place to see product launches and showcases from the big players.

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL will supply 2,400MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for Edify Energy’s Smoky Creek and Guthrie’s Gap Solar Power Stations in central Queensland.

California-headquartered developer esVolta has closed an expanded corporate credit facility providing up to US$450 million of capital to expand new utility-scale energy storage projects in the US.

Data centre developer DayOne has signed agreements through Malaysia’s government-launched Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS).

To avoid pitfalls that harm BESS investments, developers must sign well-structured contracts, writes Intertek CEA’s Yilin Huang.

Developer EDF power solutions North America and developer-operator Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, have entered into 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a California, US solar-plus-storage project.

Virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus and tech giant Google have signed a three-year 100MW agreement for the PJM region in the US.

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire vertically integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) company KORE Power.

Four large-scale BESS projects totalling a combined 2.2GWh of capacity in major EU markets can now proceed with construction following successful financing by owners OX2, R.Power, BRUC and Aukera.