As 2025 draws to a close, here’s a look back at a selection of Guest Blog contributions published by Energy-Storage.news over the past 12 months.

Building US domestic energy storage manufacturing capacity will require more than limiting foreign participation, writes Aaron Marks of Intertek CEA.

New laws went into effect last week in Queensland, Australia, that mean large-scale battery storage project applications must be dealt with at the state level.

In an upcoming conversation with Energy-Storage.news Premium and Optimisation platform provider Ascend Analytics, CEO Dr. Gary Dorris PhD, discusses the ‘roller coaster’ revenues of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

According to the Q4 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), 2025 energy storage installations surpassed 2024 capacity.

Ford Motor Company’s entry into the “fiercely competitive” energy storage market is a “big strategic pivot,” but one that makes sense, ESN Premium has heard.

 Utility Georgia Power has reached an agreement with the Public Interest Advocacy (PIA) staff of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), that, if approved, will help lower energy costs and meet electricity demand in the state.

Global average prices for turnkey battery storage systems fell by almost a third year-over-year, with sharp cost declines expected to continue.

A total of around 4.9GW/14GWh of grid-scale BESS entered commercial operations around the world last month, a 29% fall year-on-year owing to an unusually slow month in China.

Waratah Super Battery developer Akaysha Energy has put the first phase of its Ulinda Park BESS project into operation in Queensland, Australia.