Two VPP bills are awaiting California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, meanwhile, Octopus Energy US has completed its investment in Uplight.

We hear from Nikhil Koppaka, senior commercial manager for BESS owner-operator BW ESS on the big opportunities and challenges in Germany’s grid-scale energy storage market.

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued its most urgent grid reliability warning in response to artificial intelligence data centres causing massive, near-instantaneous power fluctuations.

South Korean battery manufacturer SK On’s US production facilities will supply NeoVolta Power with 9GWh of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch cells under a five-year deal.

BESS owner-operator Return has signed a long-term toll with power firm Vattenfall for its 200MW/800MWh Sirius BESS project in the Netherlands, concurrent with financial close. 

Rural and distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) projects could be emerging as critical infrastructure in the US as grid reliability risks intensify nationwide.

CATL has formed a partnership to work on projects awarded contracts through Brazil’s first national energy storage auction programme, which received more than 6,000 bids.

CIP has acquired full ownership of the 104MW Gawara Baya wind-plus-storage project in North Queensland, Australia, from developer Windlab.

Developers who buy or flip battery storage projects mid-life risk inheriting decommissioning liabilities they had not properly accounted for.

Speaking to ESN Premium, Kashish Shah of Wärtsilä explains why Australia’s volatile market structure makes it uniquely suited for battery storage.