With battery storage safety under increasing scrutiny, Wanxiang A123 Systems and Hithium have unveiled new products and large-scale fire testing (LSFT), respectively.

BESS Large-Scale Fire Testing (LSFT) has been adopted as part of best practice thinking on safety validation, with at least a dozen companies announcing tests and results and many more expected going forward. It becomes mandatory in the 2026 edition of NFPA 855.

Mukesh Chatter, CEO of US sodium-ion battery startup Alsym, on the prospects for non-lithium alternative technologies in 2026 and beyond.

On 19 December, a fire occurred at energy storage developer Convergent Energy & Power’s Church Street Battery Storage Facility in Warwick, New York, US.

The renewables and energy storage teams at US EPC firm Burns & McDonnell tackle our annual Year in Review Q&A series.

It’s been a bumper year for sponsored webinars here at Energy-Storage.news, and here is a selection to round out 2025.

As 2025 draws to a close, here’s a look back at a selection of Guest Blog contributions published by Energy-Storage.news over the past 12 months.

Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, have approved a 100MW/400MWh battery storage project from National Renewable Solutions (NRS).

Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with Trina Storage, ‘Powering Certainty: Bankable Energy Storage, with Elementa 2 Pro’.

Battery storage products from prominent international providers Sungrow, Wärtsilä and Chint Power have undergone recent fire safety tests.