The increasing cost-competitiveness of LFP battery cells has made first life batteries more attractive than second life ones, Finland-based BESS solutions firm Cactos told Energy-Storage.news after a €26 million (US$28.5 million) fundraise.

Huawei and BYD were among the five largest battery energy storage system (BESS) integrators globally last year, with the Chinese market going through a ‘price war’ of competition, according to research from Wood Mackenzie.

In a trio of UK battery storage announcements, EDF Renewables has commissioned a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS), while TagEnergy and Exagen have progressed two projects totalling another 175MW.

Tesla’s energy storage business enjoyed its highest quarter of deployments to date as growth of its electric vehicle (EV) business slowed and earnings fell below analysts’ expectations.

Substantial growth in China’s domestic energy storage market has led to locally-based players Sungrow and Hyperstrong becoming top five system integrators globally, S&P Global Commodity Insights said.

A fire has taken place at a battery storage project in Queensland, Australia, as it reached the final stages of its commissioning phase.

Developer NGEN is deploying the largest battery storage projects in Slovenia, Austria and Croatia, and wants to take its model beyond CEE too, CEO and co-founder Roman Bernard said.

Developer NGEN Smart Grid Systems has completed a 10.3MW/20.6MWh standalone battery storage project in Austria, the largest in the country, it claimed.

Alex Thornton, operations director at Harmony Energy, gives us a deep dive into Pillswood, the biggest battery storage project in Europe.

EV and energy storage giant Tesla saw a slight quarter-on-quarter dip in energy storage deployments in Q2 to 3.7GWh, although annual growth was strong at 222%.