Nova Scotia Power has inaugurated three 50MW/200MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Bridgewater, Waverley and White Rock, now Atlantic Canada’s largest battery storage facilities.

Covenergo and Delta Capacity have begun construction on AKKU One, a standalone 125MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lapinlahti, Finland, with commissioning targeted for the fourth quarter of 2027.

Lightsource bp has referred a hybrid wind, solar and BESS facility to the federal government for assessment under the EPBC Act.

Flow Power has broken ground on its 100MW/223MWh Bennetts Creek BESS in Victoria, its first large-scale standalone BESS project.

All BESS and demand response projects selected under ASL’s 2023 firming tender for New South Wales, Australia, are now operational.

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

Victoria’s SEC invests up to AU$43 million for a stake in 400MW Baranduda battery system near Wodonga alongside Aware Super.

Dubai is planning to build 1,000MW of lithium-ion battery storage, expandable to 2,000MW and delivering 6,000MWh of capacity, according to panellists speaking on the “Key Trends from Early Middle East BESS Projects” panel at Energy Storage Summit Middle East 2026.

Palisade Investment Partners has acquired 100% interests in two development-stage renewable energy projects through Intera Renewables.

The New South Wales government in Australia is investing AU$3 million (US$2.1 million) to scope new solar-plus-storage-powered microgrid projects across four remote communities in the state’s Far West.