Thermal management means cost, complexity and aux power consumption for battery storage projects, writes William Lauwers of Enertis Applus+.

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, focused on the evolving landscape of battery energy storage system (BESS) procurement.

Envision’s Behzad Naderi believes that Australia’s hybridisation rules are reshaping development and connection processes across the NEM.

James Costello, CEO of EORA Energy, argues that long-duration vanadium redox flow battery storage is critical to Western Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, particularly for remote mining operations.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved a 200MW expansion of utility Xcel Energy’s Capacity*Connect virtual power plant (VPP) programme.

Australia’s heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels has left households and businesses dangerously exposed to global energy shocks, with the current conflict involving the US and Iran costing motorists more than AU$1 billion (US$710 million) in March alone.

New South Wales has been warned that it must accelerate the development of battery energy storage systems to meet its 2030 targets.

What does the combination of regulatory, supply chain and market pressures mean for the cost of building large-scale BESS this year?

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, discussed the “creative, innovative structures” developers are having to embrace to secure long-term revenues for energy storage projects.