A roundup of some of our key takeaways from the Energy Storage Summit Germany this week, including around FCAs, inertia, the capacity market (CM), EU restrictions on China, and the future of one very notable system integrator.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Randolph Mann, CEO at developer esVolta at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

IHA has urged India to accelerate pumped storage through faster clearances, stronger revenues and improved coordination.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with David Miller, CCO of optimiser Gridmatic, at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

Recent moves from the US federal government could prove more damaging to US renewable energy deployment than foreign entity of concern (FEOC) compliance requirements, according to legal and industry experts.

On 26 August, US President Donald Trump banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment citing a potential risk to US grid security, via emergency executive order (EO).

Dubai is planning to build 1,000MW of lithium-ion battery storage, expandable to 2,000MW and delivering 6,000MWh of capacity, according to panellists speaking on the “Key Trends from Early Middle East BESS Projects” panel at Energy Storage Summit Middle East 2026.

Flexible Connection Agreements (FCAs) must not be used simply to exclude BESS from connecting to the grid, but the industry will have to make do with them and all their imperfections for the foreseeable.

India’s storage market remains focused on short-duration firming, but conversations about long-duration storage are already underway.

Eku Energy’s Elias Saba discusses why he believes the CIS has not fundamentally changed the company’s investment approach.