A panel of BESS industry experts discussed the ins and outs of long-term service agreements (LTSAs) at the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 yesterday. 

Inaccurate state of charge (SOC) measurements can cost battery energy storage system (BESS) operators up to 15% in lost revenue, a persistent issue despite advances in monitoring technology.

Liam Critchley with an ESN Premium deep dive into availability, one of the most-discussed metrics in battery storage performance.

As the battery storage industry matures through competition and scale, a significant push for efficiency is coming, writes Dr Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO and co-founder of ACCURE Battery Intelligence.

A roundup of some of the best user-posted views, analysis and reveals from across the energy storage community in the past week.

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

State of charge (SOC) is on the face of it a straightforward measurement for batteries and BESS. But in reality, it’s highly complex and under- or over-reporting still happens in the industry, leading to under-performance and losses in revenue.

OptiGrid’s Sahand Karimi examines why state of charge & algorithm quality drove divergent outcomes during SA1’s AU$20,300/MWh price cap on 21 June.

Lennart Hinrichs, executive VP and general manager for Americas at TWAICE, discusses the value proposition of BESS data analytics for the North American market.

Tapas Peshin of energy management software provider PCI Energy Solutions, on one of the biggest changes in Texas’ ERCOT market for battery storage assets.