Storage & Grid
Albania Plans Battery-Inclusive Solar Auction by Early 2027
Albania is preparing its next solar power auction with a significant upgrade: battery energy storage will be included for the first time. The government, working alongside the European Bank for Recons...
Onsite solar and storage shield commercial users from grid volatility
Rising utility rates and volatile gas prices push commercial and industrial customers toward onsite solar and storage as a hedge against grid price swings. The retail price of grid-supplied generation...
NESO Seeks One-Month Extension on Gate 2 Phase 1 Connection Offers
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has formally requested a one-month extension from energy regulator Ofgem on its Gate 2 Phase 1 connection offer deadline, with around a quarter of capacity p...
How virtual power plants cut risk for utilities and ratepayers
Virtual power plants (VPPs) — networks of rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles that support the grid — can cut risk for utilities, participating customers and other ratepayers alike, accordi...
Battery storage faces 40-50% cost premium amid trade fragmentation, McKinsey warns
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) face the largest clean-technology cost premium under a fragmented energy order, according to McKinsey & Company's 11th annual Global Energy Perspective 2026 asses...
Great British Grid to accelerate UK electricity network delivery
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced the establishment of Great British Grid (GBG), a new publicly owned body within Great British Energy tasked with accelerating electricity network infrastru...
LONGi Secures 50 MWh Battery Order for Two Romania Projects
LONGi has landed one of its largest battery energy storage deals in Romania, supplying 50 MWh of liquid-cooled utility-scale storage to Bucharest-based developer Enexus. The order covers ten battery u...
Battery storage could deliver R$6 billion in annual benefits to Brazil
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) could deliver up to R$6 billion per year in benefits to Brazil's electricity system, according to a study by the Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions...
400 MW AI Campus Goes Off-Grid as Grid Timelines Stall
A significant share of the AI data center pipeline is now going fully off-grid — and for a growing number of developers, that choice is the primary strategy, not a fallback. The reason lies in a funda...
US energy storage hits record 18.9 GWh in Q2 2026
U.S. energy storage deployments reached a record 18.9 GWh in the second quarter of 2026, according to the Q3 2026 U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report from Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power As...