SMA battery inverter first to win grid-forming certification for German inertia market
Inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology has become the first to be certified as capable of providing inertia to the German grid. Source: Energy Storage News.
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ICYMI: Last week’s biggest energy storage industry stories in our new Monday recap
Welcome to the first edition of In Case You Missed It (ICYMI), a recap of last week’s biggest news stories in energy storage. Source: Energy Storage News.
LG Energy Solution partners with B2U Storage for second life US BESS projects
Second life energy storage firm B2U Storage Solutions has announced a strategic partnership with South Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution (LG ES). Source: Energy Storage News.
US ROUNDUP: BESS portfolio deals, investment and partnerships for Energy Vault, SMT Energy, NeoVolta and SK On
Recently, US BESS companies Energy Vault and Goshe, SMT Energy and Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, and NeoVolta and SK On have made major deals and secured strategic partnerships. Source: Energy Storage News.
BESS Industry Buzz: Owner vs trader returns, market saturation, more Northvolt M&A, alt technologies’ differing fortunes
Another roundup of user-posted hot takes and analysis from the energy storage industry recently. Source: Energy Storage News.
AEMO connects record 9.1GW of renewables and storage to Australia’s NEM in FY26, warns reliability depends on timely investment
AEMO has said that a record 9.1GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY26. Source: Energy Storage News.
How can utilities best approach wildfire risk in the Northeast?
Approaches to Wildfire Risk in the Northeast: Situational Awareness and Emergency Management session will detail how Avangrid successfully adapted western wildfire risk models for northeastern environments. Source: Renewable Energy World.
Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid
The Energy Department will invest nearly $2 billion in 31 projects across 26 states to enhance the power grid, increasing capacity by over 23 gigawatts. Source: Renewable Energy World.
Scaling DERs for reliability and resilience | Factor This Policycast
This episode of the Factor This Policycast explores how customer-sited technologies, including batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load, can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid assets.
Data centre buildout uplifting US BESS market outlook, Wood Mackenzie says
Market research firm Wood Mackenzie stated that data centre buildout is uplifting the US battery energy storage system (BESS) outlook across all segments. Source: Energy Storage News.
‘FCAs convinced regulators to compromise on grid fees in Germany’: Eco Stor’s Georg Gallmetzer on cementing the industry’s future
We recently caught up with Georg Gallmetzer, managing director of German BESS platform Eco Stor, about the firm’s role in formulating flexible connection agreements (FCAs) and how this was intimately tied to the debate…
Developers Valent, Akaysha advance 550MW of NEM-connected BESS in Victoria, Australia
Two Victorian battery storage projects have reached new construction and commissioning milestones this week, both connecting to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia. Source: Energy Storage News.