Our collection of user-posted analysis, views, and unofficial news, gathered from our networks on LinkedIn, returns for its third outing.

Update 14 September 2026: Vattenfall representatives offered more details and responded to Energy-Storage.news enquiries.

Developer SMT Energy and Software-focused energy storage system integrator FlexGen have announced the start of operations of a 160MW/320MWh energy storage facility Houston, Texas, US.

We hear from Angus Gordon Lennox, chair of the Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), which faces a shareholder vote next week on its future. 

A roundup of large-scale BESS news from in and around the Nordic region, with Sweden-based Flower building a project in Germany, Volvo launching one in Sweden and Delta Capacity securing a toll for one in Finland. 

Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery in Australia briefly reached its full rated output of 850MW on 7 September.

The venture-capital-style returns once available in Australia have disappeared, according to panellists at the Battery Asset Management Summit Australia 2026.

The global battery energy storage market is entering a new phase, with shifting cell prices, intensifying competition and rapid international expansion reshaping the supplier landscape.

Utility Black Hills Energy has announced it will move forward with the construction of a 50MW/200MWh energy storage facility at its Pueblo Airport Generating Station (PAGS) in Colorado, US.

This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.