After a quiet period, M&A in the UK’s large-scale BESS market has picked up with transactions from CIP, Fidra Energy, Elements Green, Gresham House and Eelpower in the past fortnight.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a 400MW/3,200MWh grid-scale battery storage project through the state planning agency’s Opt-In Certification Program.

ESN Premium examines likely reasons why owner SK Innovation E&S is seeking financing options for Key Capture Energy (KCE), including a potential sale.

Power firm EnBW is building a 100MWh BESS in Germany for completion this year (a year later than planned) while BESS platform Noveria Energy has signed a construction agreement with TSO TenneT for a 1GWh project for 2028 operations.

BESS developer-operator Harmony Energy has started construction on a 100MW/200MWh BESS in France, its third to reach that stage in the country.

Hithium has signed a cooperation agreement for a potential 3GWh of battery storage deployments in the Asia-Pacific region with infrastructure investor Brawn Capital.

The managing director of Bluestar Energy Capital’s European BESS platform Noveria Energy gave a Q&A to Energy-Storage.news ahead of the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London next month.

Fluence, Energy Dome and EDF each scored consecutive wins in prestigious categories at the Energy Storage Awards 2025 in London.

Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$130 million from investors including the South Korean Ministry of Environment.

A flurry of BESS news from companies operating across Germany and the Netherlands, with utility Lichtblick launching construction on a 470MWh project in Saxony, Giga Storage inaugurating a project in Amsterdam, and cross-border BESS platform Return raising €300 million.