Top stories from Monday 31 August 2026
Form Energy, Inc., an MIT-spinout energy storage company, has raised another $750 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to date to more than $2 billion, the company announced last week. The new funding will be used to accelerate Form’s manufacturing scale-up in West Virginia and advance commercial deployments of its iron-air battery systems.… Read more
US President Donald Trump has banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment that pose a potential risk to US grid security.
Speaking to ESN Premium, Kashish Shah of Wärtsilä explains why Australia's volatile market structure makes it uniquely suited for battery storage.
Rural and distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) projects could be emerging as critical infrastructure in the US as grid reliability risks intensify nationwide.
CIP has acquired full ownership of the 104MW Gawara Baya wind-plus-storage project in North Queensland, Australia, from developer Windlab.
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