After witnessing strong demand for its sodium-ion technology at home, Australian company PowerCap is bringing its stationary storage products to the European market. The initial launch will cover Italy, Germany, and Spain, with further expansion on the cards. The starting price is expected to be around €500 per kilowatt-hour of storage capacity.| Energy Storage
As of June 2025, the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) reports that China has amassed approximately 164 GW of total installed energy storage capacity. This includes over 100 GW of new energy storage (excluding pumped hydro), driven by rapidly accelerating deployments and dynamic market shifts.| Energy Storage
Energy storage in Brazil is entering a period of accelerated growth. Despite the lack of a legal framework for project operations, companies are moving to expand domestic battery production, diversify business models, and ensure that energy storage is ready to play a central role in the country’s energy transition. The post Brazil bets big on batteries appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
With a record 64 GW of new US electric capacity expected in 2025, battery project capacity lags only solar when it comes to the volume anticipated. The post Record year in prospect with 18 GW of battery capacity expected in the US appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
Achal Agrawal, CEO of Macsen Labs, a chemical company making bold strides into battery materials, speaks to pv magazine about the potential of sodium-ion batteries for energy storage, their journey developing Prussian White cathodes, and plans to scale this technology. The post “We are in the process of establishing a sodium-ion battery cell pilot line by 2026″: Macsen Labs CEO appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
The new digital twin technology from Brussels-based 3E, developed in partnership with the Free University of Brussels (VUB) as part of the EU-funded FULLEST project, reveals a significant oversight in how Europe’s utility-scale battery storage systems are managed. While 80% of operators depend solely on battery management systems (BMS) for performance management, 3E’s solution identified a 4% discrepancy between reported and actual battery health - enough to affect both operations and rev...| Energy Storage
The German- and US-owned company says its new Houston fab brings to five the number of US production sites it uses and has helped employ more than 1,200 manufacturing workers in the United States this year. The post Fluence brings another part of battery supply chain to US appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
Envision Group signed strategic battery cell supply agreements with more than a dozen battery energy storage system integrators during Shanghai’s EESA Expo. The post Envision signs 40 GWh-plus battery cell agreements with Chinese integrators appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
GridBeyond launches Bid Optimiser and Designer for the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia, expanding its offer for asset owners following the launch of Forecaster in the second quarter this year. The post GridBeyond increases battery storage revenues with Bid Optimiser appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
Consultancy Envol says nascent Joint Technical Note No. 13/2025 could bring investor security with the potential to install at least 2 GW of batteries. Industry insiders are calling for storage regulation to be accelerated. The post ‘Brazilian storage regulation could generate $2bn in five years’ appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
The second stage of Australia’s biggest operational battery to date has completed the testing and commissioning process and is successfully operating, just 15 months after construction commenced. The post Neoen reaches operational milestone with 1.3 GWh Australian battery appeared first on Energy Storage.| Energy Storage
Global deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) is accelerating at an unprecedented pace - with world installations projected to expand swiftly in the coming years. While the European Union experienced a sluggish growth in BESS deployment in 2024, it is poised for a bounce back in 2025. However, absent bold and decisive policymaking, the EU risks falling considerably short of the scale required to meet its climate and energy targets, writes Antonio Arruebo, market analyst at Solar ...| Energy Storage
The Limestone Coast North Energy Park (LCNEP), which has been bought by Intera Renewables, has an enterprise value of AUD 460 million ($292 million).| Energy Storage
Between August 7 and 11, 2025, Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) gave the green light to six large-scale battery storage projects located in Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, and Puglia.| Energy Storage
Africa REN has commissioned a 16 MW solar plant with 10 MW/20 MWh of battery storage in northern Senegal, billed as the first grid-connected solar-plus-storage facility in West Africa.| Energy Storage
Construction has started on the Walo storage and PV project in Senegal. Africa REN has commissioned the large-scale solar and battery storage project to address Senegal’s grid constraints in partnership with Senelec, Senegal’s national electricity company.| Energy Storage
Not everyone sees ERCOT’s battery glut as a crisis. Some, including a storage-only IPP, see it as storage is finally doing what it promised.| Energy Storage
Solar and storage developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia (FRV) has reached financial close on the 250 MW / 500 MWh Gnarwarre battery energy storage project being developed near the town of the same name in Victoria’s south.| Energy Storage
To keep projects pencilled out, U.S. developers are pairing lower-cost imported components with domestic manufacturing.| Energy Storage
With around 500 MW of battery storage now online, New York’s draft plan has big aims for 2040.| Energy Storage
pv magazine: Battery storage systems will be exempt from grid charges until 2029. How do you assess the current situation and the discussion surrounding it?| Energy Storage
Sungrow Power has revealed its newest hybrid residential energy storage system. Upgrades to its MG Series inverters and a battery will be launched in Q4.| Energy Storage
Get the latest updates on battery tech, grid-scale storage & green energy – with trusted news, trends & expert commentary| Energy Storage
Installed capacity exceeds 62 GW in China as the market shifts toward large, centralized systems with power outputs greater than 100 MW.| Energy Storage
In grids increasingly dominated by renewables, grid-forming technology is emerging as critical tool for maintaining stability and ensuring reliable power system operation. In this interview with ESS News, Rui Sun, Sungrow’s Deputy General Manager-Grid Technology Center, explains how grid-forming works, why it matters, and where the technology is already proving its value. He elaborates on technical challenges, regulatory gaps, and why grid-forming could soon become the new industry standard.| Energy Storage
Insurers caution that key blind spots remain for energy storage developers going through the underwriting process.| Energy Storage
After the House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in May, the Solar Energy Industries Association released the report, America’s solar industry is under threat that found the bill could jeopardize the buildout of domestic manufacturing and lead to the loss of planned storage, and solar projects.| Energy Storage
Immersion-cooled batteries submerge cells in a special liquid as a fire-protection measure, as XYZ executive Zha Qing explained to pv magazine at May's Intersolar Europe trade show.| Energy Storage
Two proposed bills aimed at improving grid reliability via small scale energy systems such as rooftop solar could save bill payers $3 billion through 2050.| Energy Storage
LG Chem has announced that its Platform Technology R&D team has developed a temperature-responsive Safety Reinforced Layer (SRL), a material which is described as capable of surpressing thermal runaway. The material was analyzed in collaboration with researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea, while the safety verification was conducted in partnership with LG Energy Solution.| Energy Storage
