The Moss Landing BESS fire has focused attention on safety, as Aaron Marks at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), takes a closer look.

Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australia’s New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.

ESN Premium speaks with Wärtsilä’s director of strategic market development, Adam Atkinson-Lewis on the company’s battery energy storage technology, its domestic content strategy and the future of energy storage in the US.

Europe’s energy storage industry and key stakeholders arrive in London for the 2025 Energy Storage Summit EU in just a few days.

Battery storage played a crucial role in the Baltic region’s switch from Russia over to the Continental European grid over the weekend, coinciding with Lithuania launching a €100 million storage support scheme.

The energy storage market in Italy has unique characteristics that mean more risk-averse investment funds will be able to enter, but upcoming auctions could be very competitive, driving down clearing prices, a director at consultancy Timera Energy said.

The government of Cyprus has published guidelines for a scheme to support the deployment of approximately 150MW/350MWh of energy storage.  

NYSE-listed firm Freyr has cancelled its plans for a battery manufacturing plant in Georgia, US, following its pivot to becoming a US solar company.

Tesla has inked an MoU with the Western Australian government to develop a battery re-manufacturing facility in Collie.

A US-focused edition of energy storage news in brief, with large-scale BESS, vehicle-to-grid and optimisation updates.