Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sean McEvoy, President of North America at GridBeyond, following its optimisation of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s (GSF) Big Rock energy storage project.

Perhaps best known outside the US for peaches and its emergence as a rival to Hollywood, Georgia is also thirsty for electric capacity and has become a hub for battery manufacturing, writes Allan Oduor of Enertis Applus+.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co (MSEDCL) has launched a multi-gigawatt battery storage tender supported by Viability Gap Funding (VGF).

Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has confirmed that the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) will be upsized from 32GW to 40GW.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has successfully closed a US$18 million financing for its Cross Trails battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Scurry County, Texas, US.

Spanish energy firm Zelestra and Portuguese utility EDP have signed what they call the “first” solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) in the Spanish renewables market.

As the BESS industry matures, the trend towards a closening relationship between OEMs and project owners looks set to continue, but system integrators will continue to have a role to play.

Tesla energy storage division saw its highest quarterly gross profits as the company’s automotive business continued to see dampened demand.

The New South Wales government has announced plans to launch a new tender seeking 500MW of firming capacity, seeking bids from battery energy storage, gas and virtual power plants (VPP).

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced it has invested a record AU$4.7 billion (US$3.09 billion) in large-scale renewables, energy storage, and transmission projects during the 12-month period ending 30 June 2025.