Malawi’s energy minister was on hand last week as the southeast African country inaugurated its first large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS).

The government of Malaysia has unveiled the next round of its Large-scale solar (LSS) program tender seeking 2.5GW of solar PV co-located with 1.25GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.

Spain has awarded €165 million to seven pumped hydro storage projects totalling around 2.1GW/21GWh, while Portugal has set a target of 1.4GW of new pumped hydro capacity by 2040.

We caught up with Michael Koller, Solutions Director for Europe and the UK with Envision Energy, at this year’s Smarter E Europe trade show in Munich. 

Huawei FusionSolar’s new Smart String Grid-Forming ESS Platform, LUTERRA, is born from technology breakthroughs designed to drive customer success.

Update 16 July 2026: Energy Storage Europe sent a statement to Energy-Storage.news on the leaked plan.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with energy storage market experts Raafe Khan of Camelot Energy Group and Oliver Kerr of Aurora Energy Research on FERC’s recently issued show cause orders.

AGL has delivered a solar and battery microgrid described as “one of the largest privately owned non-mining microgrids in Australia”.

Energy Dome has signed its second low-carbon energy supply contract with Google.

Meridian’s Waiinu Energy Park has been referred for consideration under New Zealand’s Fast-track Approvals Act.