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GridBeyond recently began optimising Gore Street's Big Rock project in California (pictured). Image: Gore Street Capital via LinkedIn
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‘Here’s my profit, I’m going to be able to pay back the battery, can you give me a loan?’: GridBeyond on optimising BESS and AI modelling

July 30, 2025
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sean McEvoy, President of North America at GridBeyond, following its optimisation of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s (GSF) Big Rock energy storage project.
Rendering of Eku Energy's 150MW/600MWh Eshi BESS project, awarded a 20-year LTDA capacity contract. Image: Eku Energy
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Japan: Strong fundamentals for energy storage drive expectations despite challenges

July 24, 2025
ESN Premium’s deep dive into Japan continues with a look at the complexities of an evolving market underpinned by strong drivers for energy storage.
Fluence's Andrew Kelley (left) with ENERES Corporation president and CEO Sanehiro Tsuzuki. Image: ENERES Public Relations Dept.

Fluence launching BESS trading, optimisation in Japan this year with aggregator ENERES

July 23, 2025
A senior APAC representative for Fluence has said that “a significant amount of capital” is expected to be invested in Japan’s battery storage market.
Philippines Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Mario C. Marasigan delivered the keynote address at Energy Storage Summit Asia 2024. Image: Solar Media

Asia is building the backbone of its renewable future with energy storage

July 18, 2025
As we move through this decisive decade for clean energy, Asia’s energy storage market is stepping firmly onto the global stage.
Groundbreaking ceremony for Sumitomo Electric's VRFB project in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan. Image: Sumitomo Electric

US-headquartered GSSG, Vision Ridge, launch Japan BESS developer with US$400 million committed

July 16, 2025
Two US-headquartered solar and sustainability-focused investors have launched GSSG Chikuden, a utility-scale battery storage developer, in Japan.
Eku Energy COO Tom Best at a ceremonial event to mark the start of construction at the 30MW/120MWh Hirohara BESS. Image: Eku Energy
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Japan: Large-scale battery storage opportunities in an evolving market

July 15, 2025
Japan’s energy storage market is experiencing a wave of significant growth, as ESN Premium hears from Eku Energy and BloombergNEF.
Port Inc. and GridBeyond representatives with Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke, in Tokyo this week. Image: Port Inc.

‘Fresh, unsaturated market’: Gridbeyond begins BESS optimisation in Japan

June 27, 2025
Japan’s grid-scale battery storage market offers fresh opportunities with “amazing” returns, according to GridBeyond’s market optimisation director.
Saft will install, commission and operate the BESS for Phase One of the project in Fukushima, northeast Japan. Image: Saft

Japan: Gurin Energy picks technology provider for first phase of 2GWh battery storage project

June 13, 2025
Renewable energy developer Gurin Energy has appointed Saft as the technology provider to a gigawatt-hour-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Japan.
Sumitomo Electric's 4.5-hour duration flow battery system in Minamikyushu City, Japan. Image: Sumitomo Electric

Sumitomo Electric deploys first vanadium flow battery for a community microgrid in Japan

May 30, 2025
Sumitomo Electric has inaugurated a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system at a community solar microgrid in southern Japan.
Close-up of the Toho Gas NAS battery project in Mie prefecture, Japan. Image: Toho Gas.

NGK sodium-sulfur batteries deployed at 70MWh Japan project, picked for pilot by US utility Duke Energy

May 27, 2025
Japanese manufacturer NGK Insulators’ proprietary battery tech features in a large-scale project that has just come online in its home country, as a pilot begins in the US.

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