DLA Piper finds merchant BESS appeal splits Japan, Singapore and Australia, with regulatory certainty, grid access and returns shaping investor views.

Big names in the downstream battery storage market have signed up to join an initiative aimed at simplifying BESS procurement.  

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) earned an estimated AU$5.63 million (US$3.88 million) in two hours on 12 October, as wholesale electricity prices peaked at AU$23,107/MWh.

ACE and the IEA say the main obstacles to battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment in Southeast Asia are policy and market rules.

Australians installed 276,011 home battery storage systems in the first half of 2026, 52% more than in the previous six months.

Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got industry people talking in the corridors of social media. 

Finland is the Nordic region’s most-talked-about market for the moment, with project deals and other battery storage development activity from local and international players.  

Electrifying low-temperature industrial heat and steam processes with renewables could reduce European Union natural gas consumption by 35 billion cubic metres-per-year, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Annual battery energy storage system (BESS) failures per-deployed-GWh declined 98% globally between 2018 and 2025, as installed BESS capacity grew exponentially.

AI data centres have energy and power requirements demanding enough to potentially stretch lithium-ion beyond its versatile limits, writes Intertek CEA market intelligence consultant Aaron Marks.