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Tristan Rayner pv magazine editor

Tristan Rayner pv magazine editor

Tristan Rayner

After studying Electrical Engineering and working in the field in control systems, Tristan turned his attention to editorial roles. Prior to joining pv magazine in 2020, and ESS News in 2024 in Berlin, he was Managing Editor and Founding Editor of tech and other publications in Australia.

With years of experience in news, tech, and energy, he has also contributed to a host of publications and podcasts. He also works on YouTube channel The Friday Checkout, among other roles.

Articles written by Tristan Rayner

Large battery energy storage by Fluence

Fire risk and safety

Fluence completes UL-rated fire safety tests of Gridstack Pro 5000 Fluence has successfully completed fire and explosion evaluations under UL standards for its 5.6 MWh battery, while exploring benchmarks for the coming 2026 NFPA 855 standard.

Jun 13, 2025

Finance

Energy Vault, Jupiter Power expand partnership with 200 MWh battery project in ERCOT Energy Vault has continued to be active in the battery energy storage system (BESS) space, with more demand in Texas.

Jun 06, 2025

Grid-scale

South Africa’s BESIPPPP Window 3 ends with two big winners South Africa greenlit 616 MW in new battery storage projects as part of its energy storage scheme, a $530 million investment boosting national grid capacity and championing local industry wins.

Jun 02, 2025

Grid-scale

Rolls-Royce to deliver 144.4 MWh battery system to Battery Park Zeewolde The 35.1 MW / 144.4 MWh system marks the second delivery to the location situated near a wind farm.

Jun 02, 2025

Workers assembling batteries

Distributed

Eos Energy delivers 3 MW/15MWh zinc battery for California tribal land project Eos Energy and Faraday Microgrids have partnered to deliver a zinc-based battery energy storage system on tribal land in California.

Jun 02, 2025

Grid-scale

Colbún shelves $500M Encanto solar-plus-storage 1,040 MWh project in Chile, cites viability concerns Chilean utility Colbun has scrapped El Encanto solar-plus-storage project, citing viability concerns amid local opposition.

May 28, 2025

Technologies

Digital twins tackle performance by uncovering battery blind spots A case study shows how a digital twin can uncover insights into battery energy storage system (BESS) performance

May 27, 2025

Distributed

CoolPlanet’s 2.5 MWh battery storage system craned into location in Ireland A great short video showing a big battery energy storage system (BESS) lift being ably completely

May 27, 2025

Revenue streams

NTT Group’s Anode Energy commissions 15.3 MWh in Japan, launches turnkey service for storage projects NTT Group's energy arm has more projects coming online and a wider pipeline of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects underway, plus a new end-to-end third-party construction and operation service from July.

May 27, 2025

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