A roundup of large-scale BESS news from in and around the Nordic region, with Sweden-based Flower building a project in Germany, Volvo launching one in Sweden and Delta Capacity securing a toll for one in Finland. 

Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery in Australia briefly reached its full rated output of 850MW on 7 September.

This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

In this interview with ESN Premium, Sahand Karimi of OptiGrid discusses how BESS warranties and constraint management shape trading behaviour.

Australia’s 58 grid-scale battery storage systems in the NEM generated a combined AU$28.79 million in estimated gross energy and FCAS revenue.

We are pleased to announce that we’re now working on the 2027 edition of the Energy Storage Report, our annual publication looking at the big trends shaping the industry. 

As the battery storage industry matures through competition and scale, a significant push for efficiency is coming, writes Dr Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO and co-founder of ACCURE Battery Intelligence.

OptiGrid has been selected by Vena Energy to provide trading optimisation services for the 408MW Bellambi Heights BESS in Australia.

A roundup of user-posted analysis, views and unofficial news from across the industry this past week, this time looking at this week’s sabotage attack on the German grid, BESS revenues and electricity market activity, CATL’s LFP price cut and various non-lithium news.

Inertia could provide a strong boost to BESS project returns in Germany, but operators are still waiting for the first prequalified inverters.