The legislative body of Nebraska, US, has advanced a bill to clarify and expand the state’s use of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has selected developer and IPP Elevate Renewables’ 600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for development in Ridgefield, New Jersey, US.

Enefit, the electricity business of state-owned Estonian utility and power generator Eesti Energia AS, will build three new battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Lithuania, with a combined capacity of 46MW/184MWh.

A new report from the US Energy Storage Coalition (ESC) indicates that the American battery manufacturing sector surpasses 100% of US demand for energy storage systems (ESS) and modules.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has released its Q4 and full year 2025 financial results, showing growth credited to entering the AI infrastructure market, expanding projects in Australia and its ‘Asset Vault’ subsidiary.

Australia’s New South Wales now requires 56GWh of storage by 2030, amounting to 40% more than projected just six months ago.

Professor Tim Nelson has urged energy storage developers and market participants to actively engage in implementing sweeping market reforms.

Geothermal and battery storage firm Ormat Technologies’ 80MW/320MWh Shirk battery energy storage system (BESS) in Visalia, California, US, has reached commercial operation.

According to a representative from sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery energy storage system (BESS) startup Peak Energy, the company will pilot a 3.1MWh system at Energy firm RWE’s Eastern Wisconsin, US lab.

Energy storage developer-operator Aypa Power, and Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) have closed CA$700 million (US$512 million) for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Ontario, Canada.