Tech giant Google and distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus have announced an expanded agreement to build a 1GW virtual power plant (VPP) in the US.

German home energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) company sonnen GmbH, sold by gas major Shell in August, has filed for insolvency.

In recent North American sodium-ion news, Hithium is entering the Canadian market with two BESS solutions, while Peak Energy has closed a Series B financing round led by GM.

Science safety leader UL Solutions has announced a new certification pathway intended to help manufacturers of modular direct current (DC) battery energy storage systems (BESS).

IndiGrid COO discusses India’s BESS growth, challenges, tariff pressures, safety standards and localisation as the market scales up.

Foresight Group has acquired the 100MW/400MWh Nivala BESS via its Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II (FEIP II) fund.

India’s BESS pipeline exceeds 100GW, but financing, execution and tariff pressures threaten delivery of 411.4GWh of storage by FY2032.

Spain-headquartered power electronics manufacturer Ingeteam has supplied power conversion systems (PCS) for around 65MW/130MWh of battery storage projects in Victoria, New South Wales (NSW) and South Australia.

Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos Energy Enterprises has reported its highest quarterly revenue to date alongside a narrowing gross margin loss.

US utility Dominion Energy plans to build 3.5GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) over the next 20 years according to its recently filed integrated resource plan (IRP).