BW ESS has put its 350MW/1,240MWh Hams Hall BESS project in the UK into operation, the largest in Europe.

Revera Energy has doubled its holdco credit facility from US$150 million to US$300 million to fund its BESS pipeline in the UK and Australia.

The UK BESS-owning Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has launched a formal sales process, a decision which has seen its share price jump 10%.

How should BESS owner-operators be thinking about augmentation of their projects further down the line?

A panel at the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 last week discussed BESS capex trends and strategies to manage it.

Four-hour battery storage is less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in the 43 markets in which both technologies were modelled, according to a new report from market research firm Wood Mackenzie.

Bankability & offtake and regulatory & system reform were the key talking points on the opening panel of the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 which runs today and tomorrow (13-14 October). 

Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got industry people talking in the corridors of social media. 

UK market’s shifting dynamics see listed fund Gore Street’s shareholders take key vote while CIP and BW ESS progress 4-hour duration battery storage assets at significant scale.

BESS operators should be planning their projects against different locational price and charging regimes of the future rather than solely against the current revenue opportunities.