BloombergNEF forecasts 158GW of global energy storage deployments in 2026
After reporting a record 112GW of global non-pumped hydro energy storage installations in 2025, BloombergNEF (BNEF) expects to see a 41% increase this year.
VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: Role of subsidies, contracted and merchant revenues in Europe’s BESS buildout
Leading European BESS owner-operators discuss the roles of subsidy schemes, contract revenues and merchant approaches in helping the continent build out its BESS pipeline.
VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: what technology will be deployed for LDES?
What are the system needs that LDES is going to solve, and what technologies are most appropriate for those applications?
Adaptogen Capital: locational value question in UK has to be resolved
We catch up with James Mills, managing director of UK BESS investor Adaptogen Capital, about UK market dynamics, its expansion into Europe, and BESS capex in 2026 and beyond.
Green Flexibility, Suncatcher, SWB and ArcelorMittal progress large-scale BESS projects in Germany totalling 324MWh
A quartet of Germany BESS project announcements: Green Flexibility has completed a project, Suncatcher has enlisted Statkraft to optimise three solar-plus-storage ones, SWB and Be.storaged are together building a system, while ArcelorMittal has enlisted EDF Power Solutions to do so.
1GWh+ of BESS progressed across EU by re:cap, Flower, Goldbeck, Tavion, LONGi, Teos and SPP
Large-scale BESS projects have been progressed to construction, financing or operations across the EU this week, by project owners, investors and EPC firms re:cap, LONGi, Teos, Flower, Goldbeck Solar, SPP and Tavion.
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS secure finance and offtake for over 2.2GWh of UK BESS
There’s been progress on several large-scale BESS projects in the UK, with Matrix Renewables securing financing for its Eccles project and BW ESS enlisting EDF to optimise its Hams Hall one; plus smaller announcements.
VIDEO: Supply chain, safety and multi-gigawatt-hour BESS deals, with Trina’s Europe president
Trinasolar’s Europe & LAC president, Gonzalo de la Viña, discusses Trina Storage, the Chinese solar PV giant’s battery storage business, its strategies and projects.
Grenergy signs 12-year toll for 680MWh Spain BESS
IPP Grenergy has entered into a long-term toll with an ‘investment grade’ international utility for a solar PV co-located BESS of 680MWh in Spain.
VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: How European energy price volatility is driving the business case for storage
How can energy storage capitalise on energy price volatility in European markets, and how do investors need to think about future opportunities and challenges? An expert panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February dived into the topic.
