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BW ESS asset manager flags spare parts containers as overlooked theft risk at Australian BESS sites

A BW ESS asset manager and an Energy Safe Victoria regulator told the Battery Asset Management Summit Australia 2026 that copper theft and unsecured spare parts are a growing risk at grid-scale BESS sites.

7 Sept 2026Generated imageStorage

DeltaX to build $141 million BESS assembly plant in Monroe, Georgia

Seoul-based DeltaX will invest $141 million in a 100,000 sq ft BESS assembly facility at Piedmont Regional Industrial Park in Monroe, Georgia, creating roughly 250 jobs.

21 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Huawei raises liquid-cooled charging to 800 A and cuts grid connection requirement to 50 kW with new DC ESS solution

Huawei Digital Power unveiled an 800 A liquid-cooled DC charging dispenser and a DC ESS+Charger solution at Power2Drive Europe 2026 in Munich, requiring as little as 50 kW of grid connection.

19 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

ESS Tech's Q2 net loss widens 41% to $15.6 million as cash falls to $5.6 million and going concern doubt emerges

ESS Tech reported a $15.6M Q2 2026 net loss and near-zero revenue on 11 August, disclosed going concern doubt, and signed a non-binding $515M business combination LOI alongside its sodium-ion pivot.

16 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Limes Renewable Energy reaches ready-to-build stage on its 200 MW / 1 GWh Huañil BESS in Chile's Coquimbo region

Italian developer Limes Renewable Energy has reached ready-to-build status on its 200 MW / 1 GWh Huañil BESS in Salamanca, Coquimbo - its first RTB project outside Italy.

16 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

RelyEZ refiles HKEX application as Chinese storage firms treat Hong Kong as gateway to global capital

RelyEZ Energy Storage Technology refiled its HKEX Main Board application on 9 August 2026, joining a wave of Chinese storage firms using Hong Kong as a bridge to institutional investors worldwide.

14 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

EPEC Group takes grid connection contract for Lightsource bp's 843 MWh Lower Wonga project in Queensland

EPEC Group will design and build a 275/33 kV substation and 275 kV overhead line connecting the 380 MWdc / 843 MWh Lower Wonga solar-plus-storage project to the Queensland grid, with COD targeted for late 2028.

13 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

CIP closes $510 million financing for 750 MWh solar-plus-storage project in Mexico's Campeche state

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners reached financial close on 6 August on La Esperanza Solar, a 420 MWdc / 750 MWh project in Campeche - its first Mexico investment to clear financing.

12 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Eleven banks back Avantus's $1.05 billion facility as the company stacks project-level debt across its California and Arizona pipeline

A closer look at the eleven-bank syndicate behind Avantus's 3 August credit facility and the project-level debt stack - Kitt, Aratina 2, Rexford 2 - that sits beneath it.

12 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Avantus closes $1.05 billion corporate credit facility to accelerate solar and storage build-out

San Diego-based IPP Avantus has closed a $1.05 billion corporate credit facility - more than doubling its 2024 facility - to fund a 24 GW solar and storage pipeline across California and the Desert Southwest.

11 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

Australian Vanadium and Alcoa open 18-month scoping study for 50-80 MW flow battery at WA alumina refineries

Australian Vanadium and Alcoa signed an 18-month MoU on 4 August 2026 to assess a 50-80 MW, 400-640 MWh vanadium flow battery at Alcoa's Western Australia alumina refinery operations.

9 Aug 2026Generated imageStorage

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 2026

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