Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has approved long-awaited rules for the market integration of electricity storage systems and charging points (MiSpeL). The rules create the conditions for more flexible use of storage systems in the electricity market while preserving eligibility for support for…
Shared grid connections at co-located solar-plus-storage sites are concentrating insured revenue into a growing risk for BESS insurers, said Olly Litterick, head of renewables at TMGX, a green transformation underwriting business that Japan’s Tokio Marine group launched in 2025. Such…
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has transferred its global energy storage business to Valo, a joint venture it owns equally with German engineering company RCT Solutions, and said it expects the new company to lose money in 2026 before turning positive…
Antora Energy has a deal to deliver a 5.8 GWh, multi-day thermal energy storage project for Pratt Energy in Kansas. It is the second major thermal battery project announced by Antora in 2026. The agreement will see Antora Energy’s thermal…
Juniper Green Energy has expanded the Bikaner-II project in Rajasthan, India, with 100 MWh of additional BESS capacity, bringing the site’s commissioned storage capacity to 201 MWh. The additional capacity was commissioned through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Juniper Green…
Spanish research center CIC energiGUNE has completed 10,000 charge-discharge cycles on an iron-lead redox flow battery, a design built from abundant materials and intended to store electricity for several hours in stationary applications. The technology was tested at temperatures of…
Regional environmental commissions in Chile have approved two solar-plus-storage projects. Pampino, in the northern Tarapacá region, pairs 170 MW of solar capacity with 1,020 MWh of storage, while Monterrico Solar, in the Ñuble region, combines 248.73 MWp of solar with…
Battery energy storage is among the technologies eligible for annual capacity reserve auctions that Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has scheduled for the second half of 2027, 2028 and 2029, subject to system studies. The MME published Normative…
US-based Energy Vault has secured planning approval from the New South Wales state government for its Stoney Creek BESS near Narrabri, about 525 km northwest of Sydney, opening the way for construction. Site works and mobilization are expected to begin…
China has issued a national five-year plan for the new-type battery industry, setting 2030 targets for solid-state batteries, long-life lithium-ion products and manufacturing quality, while calling for broader deployment of sodium-ion and other storage technologies. The New-Type Battery Industry Development…