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‘Massive reminder of geopolitical risk’: Australia positioned to capture fleeing battery storage investment amid Middle East tension

Climate Energy Finance’s Tim Buckley argues that geopolitical instability exposes Australia's oil dependency and positions the country as a safe haven for international renewable energy capital.

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‘Do not overlook it at pre-construction’: Gore Street Capital’s head of asset management on BESS data

BESS fund manager Gore Street Capital's director of asset management Daniel Sherlock-Burke recently discussed the work it is doing around capturing and making use of its huge quantities of operational data.

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‘Absolutely bright’ future for battery storage in Ukraine

Ukraine's need for energy storage presents opportunities for brave investors, Energy-Storage.news hears from Vadym Utkin, energy storage lead at DTEK.

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VIDEO: BESS technology trends with Marek Kubik

Ex-Fluence alumnus Marek Kubik sat down with Energy-Storage.news at last month's Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London to talk big picture BESS technology trends, including energy density, LDES and sodium-ion.

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VIDEO: Grid-forming, LDES and solar hybrids in Europe, with Envision Energy’s Michael Koller

Envision Energy's director of energy storage solutions, Michael Koller, speaks with Energy-Storage.news at Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London, UK.

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EV slowdown creates potential lifeline for US energy storage amid FEOC, tariffs

Foreign entity of concern (FEOC) restrictions and the scheduled Section 301 tariff increase to 25% on Chinese-origin battery energy storage systems (BESS) went into effect on 1 January 2026.

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Year in Review: BESS industry maturing through ‘growing pains’ says Wärtsilä software VP

Luke Witmer, VP of software engineering at Wärtsilä Energy Storage, explains why 2025 was an “awkward” year, but one that saw the industry grow taller than ever.

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Inlyte Energy completes UK factory acceptance test, CEO says US must ‘make better technologies’ than China

US-based iron-sodium battery manufacturer Inlyte Energy has successfully completed a factory acceptance test of its first field-ready battery at its facility near Derby, UK, witnessed by representatives from US utility Southern Company.

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