Europe’s big battery storage year leads this shorter than usual Friday Briefing, with Solar Media’s offices closed for a short break.

Software for modelling technical and economic performance, seismic activity certification for flow batteries and underwriting for BESS projects, in this edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

The issue of ensuring reliability of BESS resources in the Texas electricity market has not gone away for grid operator ERCOT, despite the state regulator’s recent quashing of proposed minimum state-of-charge (SOC) rules.

Wärtsilä’s new Quantum 2 containerised battery energy storage system (BESS) solution is aimed at meeting “customers’ varying needs,” the company has said.

Andy Colthorpe takes soundings from key energy storage market players on their predictions for the industry in 2024, following a year of significant progress in 2023.

The right balance between battery health and profitability is essential for success, writes Laura Laringe, CEO of reLi Energy.

Marubeni Corporation will build and own a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.   

Modo Energy has released data confirming a 47% increase in weekly battery energy storage system (BESS) dispatched volume on the grid in Great Britain.

Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of analytics firm ACCURE, discusses some of the areas in which battery analytics can have the most impact on battery energy storage system (BESS) project success.

ib vogt has sold rights to a large-scale 1-hour duration battery storage project in Finland, Europe, to investor Renewable Power Capital (RPC).