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enSights CEO says BESS developers are repeating solar's modelling mistakes, and investors are noticing

enSights CEO Alon Maskovich says PJM battery developers are losing investor confidence by repeating the same financial modelling errors the solar industry made years ago.

9 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Australian Vanadium submits Stage Two bid for WA's A$150 million Kalgoorlie flow battery project

Australian Vanadium and VSUN Energy filed a Stage Two proposal for the 50 MW/500 MWh Kalgoorlie VBESS on 27 July 2026, targeting 2029 commercial operation under a build-own-operate model.

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enSights launches auditable PJM battery economics calculator to fix the double-counting problem its CEO has been flagging

enSights released a PJM-specific Battery Economics Calculator on 7 July 2026, combining sizing, degradation, revenue modelling, and ROI in one auditable framework - targeting the spreadsheet errors its CEO says are blocking BESS financing.

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Australian Vanadium and Alcoa sign 18-month MoU to assess 50-80 MW flow battery at WA alumina refineries

Australian Vanadium and Alcoa have signed an 18-month MoU to scope a 50-80 MW, 400-640 MWh vanadium flow battery at Alcoa's Western Australia alumina refineries.

7 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Spreadsheet errors, not market conditions, are blocking PJM battery storage financing, enSights CEO says

enSights CEO Alon Maskovich says PJM BESS developers are losing investor confidence because spreadsheet-based models double-count regulatory revenue streams - not because the market is weak.

7 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Massachusetts DOER issues second-round RFP for 1,000 MW of mid-duration BESS

Massachusetts DOER and the state's electric distribution companies issued a 1,000 MW BESS RFP on 31 July 2026, the second tranche of a 5,000 MW procurement programme mandated by the 2024 energy law.

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Base Power's Base Core enters production as residential BESS market faces a 5% contraction in 2026

Base Power's 39.2 kWh LFP home battery is now in production in Austin as Wood Mackenzie forecasts a 5% residential storage contraction for 2026 - the market context behind a $13 billion valuation.

6 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Invinity sells 43 MWh of vanadium flow batteries to Dairyland Power Cooperative for US Midwest LDES programme

Invinity Energy Systems has sold 43 MWh of Endurium vanadium flow batteries to Dairyland Power Cooperative for deployment across three rural Midwest sites under the DOE-backed REVIVE programme.

5 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Tokyo Gas signs 20-year offtake for 202 MWh Fukushima BESS as Eku Energy nears first Japan COD

Tokyo Gas has agreed a 20-year tolling deal for a 49.7 MW/202.1 MWh BESS in Fukushima Prefecture, while Eku Energy completes major equipment installation at its first Japan project.

5 Aug 2026

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