The energy storage industry is abuzz with discussion of passing BAAJA following Democrats’ taking of the House and Senate in the 2026 US midterm elections.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Japan by Sumitomo Corporation and Greenvolt provide an interesting snapshot of the country’s development landscape.

A new report prepared by The Brattle Group for The Pew Charitable Trusts finds that removing barriers to distributed energy resources (DERs) could avoid an estimated US$614 billion in US power system costs through 2050.

Derrick Flakoll, senior policy associate for North America at BloombergNEF, has offered a more measured take on how the Democrats’ midterm victories could affect the battery energy storage system (BESS) sector.

Energy held in battery energy storage systems (BESS) across Australia’s NEM reached a record 20.17GWh on 6 November.

India’s Union government has approved the next IR145 billion phase of Viability Gap Funding (VGP) for energy storage capacity additions.

Democrats scored major victories in the US Midterm elections, taking both the House and Senate and flipping several long-held Republican strongholds, with changes likely to occur in the clean energy sector.

Three developers have secured debt and equity for solar PV, wind and battery storage projects across Australia and New Zealand.

Australia has finished trialling grid-forming battery storage for system security services and needs contracts signed within two years.

ESN Premium speaks with Zane Zhou of CATL Australia and New Zealand, about TENER+, sodium-ion demand, the Collie BESS and more.