Geraldton Airport in Western Australia’s Midwest region is now able to operate independently off the grid using renewable energy following the completion of a AUD 6 million ($4.18 million) integrated solar and battery energy storage system. The hybrid power system…
ESN Premium speaks with Jason Abiecunas and Mike Wallace of FlexGen, one of a growing number of US BESS companies establishing operations in Europe.
RWE has launched construction on a 236MW/470MWh BESS in Germany, while IPP Kallista has done the same on a 193MW/386MWh system in France, supplied by Envision Energy.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has deployed a 146.7 kWh battery energy storage system from US manufacturer Viridi at its Grid Research Integration and Development Center (GRID-C) in Tennessee, where researchers are testing advanced grid control technologies using physical battery assets…
UK charity endowment manager Nesta Trust announced that it has transferred a £120 million (USD$160 million) investment mandate from U.S.-based Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) to European asset manager Amundi, stating that the move is a “direct consequence” of NTAM’s…
German startup FIDgate, incubated at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) and backed by the German government’s EXIST program, has launched a software platform that combines technical and financial optimization for utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. The company…
Chile continues to expand both solar generation and battery energy storage. As of the end of June 2026, the country had 33 battery storage projects under construction totaling 4,705 MW/19,223 MWh, according to the latest report by the Ministry of…
Global investment giant Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced that the 250 MW/1,040 MWh second stage of its Supernode battery project in Southeast Queensland has successfully commenced commercial operations, taking the total capacity of the energy storage facility to 520 MW/1,858…
Neoen Australia has commenced construction of a 227MW/907MWh grid-forming battery storage system in South Australia.
NEM-wide battery price spreads fell 85% in a single year to average AU$51/MWh (US$35/MWh) in Q2 2026, according to AEMO.