The global battery energy storage market is entering a new phase, with shifting cell prices, intensifying competition and rapid international expansion reshaping the supplier landscape.

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.

With the Energy Storage Awards 2026 entry deadline less than two months away, we speak to four judges to hear what they are looking for from successful entrants.

With technology risk now largely removed from the equation, assessing how a battery storage project will perform across market opportunities is now the main object of financiers’ scrutiny, writes Ryan Alexander of enspired.

Developers must use all the tools at their disposal and be aware of the frontline climate risks that battery storage projects in Southeast Asia will be subject to.

We hear from Clean Horizon about the consultancy’s European battery storage revenue index being added to Nord Pool’s Data Portal.

Solar Media Market Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne looks at the changing revenue and margin dynamics in the BESS supplier landscape.

Hungary is entering a new phase of its energy transition, opening up new opportunities for energy storage investment. But bankability is still a challenge, so equity investment is needed, writes lawyer Daniel Orosz.

Maxxen managing director Ruben Valiente speaks with Energy-Storage.news editor Andy Colthorpe at Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London.

Operational experience, credibility and optimisation performance are becoming key to BESS bankability, writes Jürgen Mayerhofer, CEO and co-founder of optimiser Enspired.