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Inside the six-week commissioning of a 160 MW Texas battery US controls provider FlexGen says catching faults in its lab before crews reach site, then scripting the grid tests, got a Houston battery into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market this summer far inside the 25 weeks or more it considers typical.

Brian Publicover

22 hours ago

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Lightshift selects FlexGen EMS for 285 MWh BESS portfolio across PJM and ISO-NE FlexGen wins more energy management work from Lightshift, which is building out a distributed portfolio across its patch in the USA.

Sep 17, 2026

Grid-scale

Cyberattack on BESS fleets ‘probable’ by 2031, modeling warns New risk analysis outlines how weaponizing remote cloud controls across utility-scale storage fleets could destabilize entire power grids, with researchers warning of a 92% probability of a major incident by 2031 under current practices.

Sep 08, 2026

Grid-scale

PVFarm rolls out RE STACK software for utility-scale BESS planning The new tool works across geographies, manufacturer, and sites, and is design to make site planning both faster and comprehensive.

Aug 14, 2026

Products & Services

Factorenergia targets Brazil’s commercial market with AI, battery storage Factorenergia says it will expand in Brazil by targeting small- and medium-sized businesses as the country's electricity market opens to more consumers, with battery storage and artificial intelligence forming key parts of its strategy.

Alessandra Neris

Jul 31, 2026

Products & Services

FIDgate launches software to optimize solar-plus-storage investment decisions German startup FIDgate says its software combines engineering and financial modeling to optimize utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects by evaluating thousands of technical and commercial configurations before final investment decisions.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jul 29, 2026

Products & Services

Envision Energy, Kallista Energy start 386 MWh BESS project in France China's Envision Energy and French developer Kallista Energy have broken ground on their second battery storage collaboration in France. The 193 MW/386 MWh project is set to begin frequency-regulation services for the national grid by 2028.

Brian Publicover

Jul 29, 2026

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Agere launches storage project valuation platform Spanish consultancy Agere Energy & Infrastructure Partners has launched BESO 2.0, an Excel-based technical and financial platform for analyzing and optimizing battery energy storage projects.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jun 10, 2026

Markets

Eco Stor battery project to use Amperecloud monitoring platform The battery storage facility in Schuby, developed by Eco Stor, is one of the largest projects of its kind in Germany and is scheduled to go online in fall 2026. It will be equipped with Amperecloud’s monitoring solution, which is designed to prevent downtime and monitor parameters relevant to performance guarantees.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 08, 2026

Products & Services

Kiwigrid launches pan-European VPP platform German energy software provider Kiwigrid has launched a pan-European virtual power plant (VPP) platform, while 1Komma5° says its Heartbeat AI platform now manages 1 GW of flexible capacity.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jun 08, 2026

Grid-scale

Enspired partners with Energreen on 962 MW BESS pipeline in Italy “Together with enspired, we are creating a powerful market access offering that enables battery asset owners to capture value across multiple revenue streams,” said Benedikt Kormaier, CEO of Energreen Trading and CEO of Energie SpA.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 20, 2026

Products & Services

Key takeaways from ESIE 2026 (Pt II): Four technology shifts reshaping China’s storage market Vincent Shaw in China wraps his takeaways from the showfloor, looking at four major technology shifts happening now to BESS.

Apr 16, 2026

Products

Span and Nvidia to develop backyard AI data centers with batteries, starting in Nevada or Arizona XFRA has been announced: A distributed network of compute nodes connected to homes with smart panels, batteries and optional solar generation, in partnership with Nvidia.

Apr 15, 2026

Products

GivEnergy enters administration, UK Energy Storage Association issues guidance [UPDATED] GivEnergy's troubles continue as the UK's ESA chimes in on the separate company GivEnergy Software Ltd, and battery warranty.

Apr 13, 2026

Software

Drax completes Flexitricity purchase adding AI tools to its BESS operations FlexGen business director tells ESS News how acquiring optimizer can support company’s battery trading operations. The purchase comes as Drax increases exposure to the UK battery energy storage system (BESS) market.

Apr 01, 2026

Software

Entrix secures €43 million investment, eyes growth for flexibility services in Iberian market Battery optimizer Entrix has surpassed 3 GW/8.5 GWh of contracted battery storage capacity, with 2 GW expected to be operational by the end of 2026.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 26, 2026

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