Storage & Grid
Habitat Energy to Optimise S4 Energy's First UK Battery Storage Project
Habitat Energy has been selected to optimise S4 Barton, a 45MW/90MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) under construction in Lancashire, England. The project marks S4 Energy's first foray into the ...
Flatiron Energy Secures $850M for 1,200 MWh Boston Battery Project
Flatiron Energy has secured approximately $850 million in financing for its Energizar battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The project will carry a capacity of 1,200...
GB Grid Launch Meets Reality: Delays, Not Capital, Are Real Barrier
The launch of Great British Grid (GB Grid), a publicly-owned electricity grid company announced by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, has drawn a sobering response from industry analysts as fresh data revea...
Andy Burnham Launches GB Grid to Tackle UK Connection Delays
UK grid connection delays have become a defining challenge for the country's energy transition, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's launch of a new publicly-owned grid company aims to address them. Dubb...
VSL PowerHive to build 7.5 GWh BESS plant in Tamil Nadu
India's energy storage manufacturing landscape is taking a significant step forward. VSL PowerHive, the wholly owned subsidiary of Vikram Solar, will build a 7.5 GWh battery energy storage system (BES...
Base Power expands beyond Texas with Georgia battery partnership
Base Power has signed its first utility partnership outside of Texas, teaming up with Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Central Georgia EMC) to deploy 2,500 residential batteries across...
Revolta wins EU funding for sodium-ion home battery without solar
German battery developer Revolta has secured European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) backing from the state of Hesse to develop a plug-and-play sodium-ion home battery designed for households withou...
Unico launches 330 kW bidirectional grid-tie inverter for C&I solar
Unico has launched a 330 kW bidirectional Grid-Tie Inverter (GTI) that supports solar, energy storage and high-power loads such as data centers. The inverter is the company's first GTI and marks its e...
BESS failure rate drops 98% since 2018, EPRI database shows
The global failure rate for battery energy storage systems (BESS) has declined by 98% per deployed gigawatt-hour between 2018 and 2025, according to new analysis from the Electric Power Research Insti...
Data Center Boom, Grid Bottlenecks Reshape Global Solar Markets
The global solar and energy storage industry is navigating a period of rapid expansion defined by surging data center electricity demand, persistent grid access bottlenecks, and evolving regulatory fr...