Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has released its Q1 2026 financial results, showing expansion in its project portfolio, AI infrastructure activities, and operations in Australia and Japan.

Australia, India, Japan, and the Philippines are driving a transformation in the APAC batteryenergy storage market, says Trina Storage.

Sumitomo Electric will supply a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system to enable grid integration of wind energy in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

HD Renewable Energy and utility Tokyo Gas signed a deal for two large-scale projects in another busy week for Japan’s growing battery storage market.

Energy Vault has entered what it has described as “one of the world’s fastest-growing energy storage markets,” acquiring a portfolio of development projects in Japan.

Amid growing interest in Japan’s battery storage market, a consortium of major Japanese businesses is targeting 174MW of deployments.

Developer-investor Hexa Energy Services has inaugurated what is thought to be Japan’s first operational battery storage project with a capacity market contract.

Taiwan-headquartered developer and services provider HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) is targeting further overseas expansion in 2026, with energy storage set to play a major role.  

US vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech startup Nuvve has revealed stationary storage projects and partnerships in Asia, North America and Europe as the company broadens its focus.

“A multi-stream revenue stacking model” made it possible for Pacifico Energy to self-fund a new grid-scale battery storage project in Japan.