Foreign entity of concern (FEOC) restrictions and the scheduled Section 301 tariff increase to 25% on Chinese-origin battery energy storage systems (BESS) went into effect on 1 January 2026.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have emerged as two of the world’s most prominent energy storage markets, with mega-scale projects announced and moved forward at a staggering pace over the last two years. But what does the next phase look like?
A staggering total of 18GW/65GWh of large-scale BESS came online in China last month, accounting for a quarter of the total capacity deployed across the globe in 2025.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Phil Tonkin, field chief technology officer at Dragos, and Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, a Brattle principal, on BESS cybersecurity.
Leading BESS owner-operators across Europe discuss the key trends around the financing and deployment of grid-scale projects, with the segment now the driver of continent-wide deployments according to trade body SolarPower Europe.
ERCOT’s battery storage fleet can play a crucial role during extreme winter conditions, but its own technical performance needs to be carefully managed.
US-based iron-sodium battery manufacturer Inlyte Energy has successfully completed a factory acceptance test of its first field-ready battery at its facility near Derby, UK, witnessed by representatives from US utility Southern Company.
Battery storage is the technology best suited to handling the power fluctuations that AI training loads can create at data centres, ESN Premium has heard.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Giovanni Damato, redox flow battery developer CMBlu’s North American President, about using its technology to help meet energy demands.
The Board of Supervisors (BoS) for Arizona’s Pinal County has given the go-ahead to developer and IPP esVolta to construct 3.2GWh BESS within its unincorporated territory, and two utilities are in talks to procure some of its capacity.
In a surprising move, the North American development arm of Engie has asked the California Energy Commission (CEC) to pause the review of its Compass Energy Storage project destined for Orange County, in order to assess alternative development sites.
IPP Zelestra and utility EDP’s recent PPA deal for a solar-plus-storage project in Spain was the first of its kind in Europe and ‘moves the market forward’, a Zelestra executive told Energy-Storage.news.
