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Global BESS deployments soared 53% in 2024
By Iola Hughes, head of research, Rho Motion, January 2025
Record deployments of 205GWh were seen in 2024, with battery storage the fastest-growing battery demand market worldwide, wrote Iola Hughes, head of research at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s EV and battery service Rho Motion.
Meeting US power demands of the hyperscale data centre boom with energy storage
By William Derasmo, partner, Troutman Pepper Locke, February 2025
Lawyer William Derasmo wrote about a topic that has dominated discussions in the US energy industry and far beyond: the role of batteries in feeding load growth from hyperscale data centres.
For energy storage fire safety, will perception become reality?
By Aaron Marks, market intelligence consultant, Clean Energy Associates (now Intertek CEA), February 2025
This second entry in our monthly Guest Blog series from Intertek CEA focused on the gap between the reality of fast-evolving fire safety standards and best practices and the public perception of BESS installations.
From hours to economics: Why BESS is a contender for long-duration energy storage (LDES)
By Kotub Uddin, chief engineer, Envision Energy, Sam Secher, system modelling engineer, Envision Energy, March 2025
The deployment of long-duration energy storage (LDES) is essential to the global energy transition. This blog challenged the preconception that lithium-ion can’t provide it, drawing on economic and technical analysis from Envision Energy.
Flight to quality, pre-tariff surge, onshoring: What 2025 holds for the US energy storage market
By Tao Kong, managing partner, Luminous Energy, March 2025
Ahead of reciprocal tariff announcements in April and ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill Act’ (‘OBBBA’) negotiations, Tao Kong of developer Luminous Energy offered some predictions on what 2025 might hold for the US market.
US battery gigafactories face delays and cancellations amid market uncertainty
By Anjali Joshi, energy storage market analyst, Clean Energy Associates (Intertek CEA), April 2025
The new political era in the US was starting to take shape when Intertek CEA analyst Anjali Joshi wrote about the potential for policy changes to dampen investment enthusiasm in the US battery storage value chain, in another instalment in Intertek CEA’s monthly series.
Local opposition, not the new administration, is holding back US energy storage
By Brian Cashion, director of engineering, Firetrace International, April 2025
Local, not national, politics took centre stage in this piece by Brian Cashion from fire suppression technology firm Firetrace, which framed cancellations and delays to projects as stemming from a lack of awareness and education, and argued for the industry to do more in terms of community engagement.
Three steps the industry can take to create a safer future for BESS
By Dr Judy Jeevarajan, VP & executive director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute at UL Research Institutes, May 2025
Dr Judy Jeevarajan brought three decades of battery expertise to the topic of BESS fire safety, offering three essential recommendations through which manufacturers, consumers and others in the BESS industry ecosystem can reduce risks and advance safety.
Beyond the headlines: The BESS insurance market after Moss Landing
By Geoffrey Lehv, SVP, kWh Analytics, Ross Kiddie, risk manager, Renewable Guard & Mark Mirek, technical broker, Brown & Brown, June 2025
A trio of BESS insurance experts took a deep dive into the aftermath of the January fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility and its impacts on the market. Despite the headlines it generated, they wrote, the outlook for the BESS insurance market remained stable, with assets that follow industry best practices deserving of favourable pricing.
India’s energy storage story
By Debmalya Sen, president, India Energy Storage Alliance, June 2025
Supportive policy and regulatory frameworks have driven India’s energy storage sector forward rapidly. India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) president Debmalya Sen focused on both the opportunities and challenges the market is facing.
