In this second part of our interview with Wood Mackenzie energy storage analysts, we look at risk factors and mitigation across the European and US markets.

ESN Premium takes advantage of an opportunity to compare Europe and US energy storage markets with Wood Mackenzie energy storage analysts.

European Union countries have made limited progress on energy storage deployment and electricity network flexibility recommendations.

Vietnam is confronting barriers to energy storage deployment, setting an example for the wider ASEAN region, writes Sunita Dubey.

Germany’s BESS market is booming but is still far behind what it is needed for its energy transition. 2026 will be a key year in this regard with several key regulatory questions potentially clarified, writes energy transition comms executive Frederik König.

A framework for the “development, utilisation and commercialisation of energy storage systems” in the Philippines has been passed by the House of Representatives.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has confirmed that 244 community battery energy storage systems (BESS) are now connected to the country’s distribution networks.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sky Stanfield, a member of IREC’s regulatory team and partner at law firm Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, about the PUC’s decision and how IREC was involved.

There is a “healthy pipeline of projects in development” across Europe’s energy storage sector, but the technologies are as yet “significantly underutilised” below their potential.

From August 2026, energy storage projects in France will benefit from changes to grid tariffs designed to encourage them to support the grid at specific times of the day.