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.

The first half of the year saw mixed results among China’s leading ESS suppliers, though generally the industry is still performing strongly, writes PV Tech ESS analyst Charlotte Gisbourne. 

US energy holding company and project developer-owner NextEra Energy has suspended operations at two energy storage facilities in Long Island, New York, US.

BESS owner-operator BW ESS has launched construction on its second large-scale project in Italy in the space of a month, while developers Galileo and Aura Power have progressed portfolios in the country. 

Australia’s 59 grid-scale BESS earned a combined AU$88.91 million in estimated gross energy and FCAS market revenue in the NEM.

Energy-storage.news spoke with Valentina Meneses at Americas Market Intelligence about emerging markets in Latin America and BESS challenge.

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Debmalya Sen, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), on a dynamic market landscape of tenders, tariffs and the race to build a domestic battery storage ecosystem.

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