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

Honeywell, LS Electric, esVolta, Sitetracker, PairedPower, PHNXX, and Energy Toolbase are collaborating on new initiatives to advance energy storage installations across the US.

Governor of Maryland, US, Wes Moore, has announced a US$2 million initiative to make battery storage more accessible for residents and business owners in the state.

Scale Microgrids and Dispatch Energy, two US commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed generation and storage providers, have secured new capital for growth through acquisition and capital commitments, respectively.

Some €17.9 million (US$19 million) in grants will be made available for ‘medium size’ distributed-scale energy storage projects projects in Austria.

Commercial and industrial (C&I) BESS provider Tesvolt has launched construction of its latest 4GWh manufacturing plant in Germany.

Developer NRStor and technology provider Hydrostor have completed work on a multi-megawatt, commercial, advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) system in Canada.

Solarwatt shows off new ‘training and explaining’ app for installers of the company’s modular battery energy storage systems.

ENGIE Storage will supply and operate a 19 MW / 38 MWh portfolio of six energy storage sites that will contribute to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program and be active in ISO-New England wholesale markets.

Following on from our look at some of the takeovers of promising or already-prolific energy storage companies in the last edition of PV Tech Power, here’s an exclusive interview with Convergent Energy + Power CEO Johannes Ritterhausen.