Hithium hosted a launch yesterday for its new sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery cell and energy storage system product line, promising a 30-year expected operational lifetime.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Randolph Mann, CEO at developer esVolta at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

The transition of battery energy storage systems (BESS) from development to operations remains fraught with technical gaps and communication breakdowns.

Fluence has revised downward its fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) guidance, attributing the financial hit largely to US supply chain delays.

IHA has urged India to accelerate pumped storage through faster clearances, stronger revenues and improved coordination.

Alinta Energy has received the first shipment of battery units for its 250MW Reeves Plains Battery project in South Australia.

LFP is the de facto choice for the German BESS market today with sodium-ion still far from bankable, but that doesn’t mean choosing a supplier is necessarily straightforward. 

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with David Miller, CCO of optimiser Gridmatic, at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

Interconnection costs for utility-scale energy storage in California are significantly lower than in other major US markets, with developers also benefiting from network upgrade cost reimbursements unavailable elsewhere, according to a senior executive at Rev Renewables.

Sinexcel technical director Luke Lu discusses what goes into a successful grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) project.