Energy-storage.news Premium speaks with the new CEO of nickel-hydrogen battery company EnerVenue, Henning Rath, about the company’s goals for 2026 and beyond.

In this US news roundup, Eos and Turbine-X, CPower and Vertiv, and Elevate Renewables highlight the ‘bring your own capacity’ model in data centre-focused announcements.

Energy storage and battery market experts speak with Energy-Storage.news about current and possible supply chain and downstream impacts of the US and Israel’s war on Iran.

Virginia, US Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation authorising the state to target  a total of 20.78GW of energy storage capacity.

Industry leaders warned that “unfettered optimism” regarding battery degradation is hitting a wall of operational reality.

Developer Rye Development are partnering with Kentucky, US utility companies Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU), on a 266MW/2,128MWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, focused on the evolving landscape of battery energy storage system (BESS) procurement.

We catch up with Tamara de Gruyter, president of Wärtsilä Energy Storage, to discuss the system integrator’s strategy under new leadership.

A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, discussed the “creative, innovative structures” developers are having to embrace to secure long-term revenues for energy storage projects.

Carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) company Energy Dome and digital infrastructure company New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deploy Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery Plus technology in Odessa, Texas.