Energy Vault said it has signed its single largest commercial agreement, winning a deal to supply BESS and grid-forming power conversion systems, for a 1.25 GW integrated power infrastructure deployment serving a hyperscaler AI data center in Texas. In the…
Romania has surpassed 1 GW/2 GWh of installed utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to figures provided by the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA). Irene Mihai, RPIA policy director, told ESS News that Romania currently has around 1.1 GW/2…
An international team of scientists has conducted a literature review of recent advances and future prospects for key components of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). SIBs store and release energy by shuttling sodium ions between the cathode and anode through an electrolyte…
International power producer ContourGlobal has continued its busy 2026 expansion with an announcement that it has signed a 3 GWh order with Chinese battery giant CATL for battery energy storage systems (BESS) for its projects. The lithium iron phosphate (LFP)…
Hithium has opened its long-duration energy storage (LDES) industrial park in Shandong, China, promising end-to-end integration from materials to cells to systems. The Heze Base facility has been purpose-built for LDES, according to Hithium , spans approximately 80 hectares and…
India has tendered 1 GW of capacity in an auction that required developers to submit renewable energy projects backed by energy storage systems. SECI awarded capacity at a lowest tariff of INR 5.25 ($0,055) per kWh in its tender to…
Revera Energy has started construction on the 200 MW/400 MWh Windyhill battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bearsden, Scotland. The London-headquartered company is backed by global investment firm Carlyle which set it up in 2025. To date, it has several…
Canadian compressed air energy storage (CAES) developer Hydrostor has signed an offtake agreement for its 500 MW/4,000 MWh project in Kern County, California. Hydrostor and local power provider Clean Energy Alliance have signed an agreement covering 60 MW, providing a…
The Syrian Electricity Company (SEC) and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Harfi Construction company will work together to develop three renewable energy projects in Damascus with solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The projects will be built in the Widyan ar-Rabi’ area…
Zelestra has signed a tolling agreement with Centrica Energy for a 99 MW/297 MWh BESS that’s scheduled for full commissioning in the second half of 2028. Construction is scheduled to begin at the project in Hilgermissen, Lower Saxony, in 2027.…