Axen, Syensqo and IFPEN establish new company to produce high performance sulfide solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries in Europe. New company Argylium will develop its electrolyte portfolio at facilities in France. January 7, 2026 Matthew Lynas Image: Alexander Kagan, Unsplash From ESS News Axens Group, Syensqo and public research body IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) have joined forces to launch a new company dedicated to developing electrolytes for solid-state batteries in Europe. Argyli...

More than 1.2 GWh of new behind-the-meter energy storage capacity was installed across Australia in December 2025 as households and businesses sought to take advantage of the federal government’s revised AUD 7.2 billion ($4.9 billion) Cheaper Home Batteries Program. January 7, 2026 David Carroll From pv magazine Australia The latest figures from energy industry data analyst SunWiz show that Australia registered 1,203 MWh of behind-the-meter battery energy storage capacity through the Small-sca...

The GWh-scale long-duration energy storage project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery installation is co-located with a PV plant. January 7, 2026 Matthew Lynas Image: WeChat, Xinjiang local government From ESS News The world’s first gigawatt-hour scale vanadium flow battery energy storage project has entered operation in China, with total installed capacity of 200 MW/ 1,000 MWh. Lo...

Brazil’s long-awaited capacity reserve auction for battery energy storage is scheduled for April 2026, following a year of rulemaking that expanded the expected supply volume and introduced new legal and regulatory constraints. January 7, 2026 Lívia Neves Image: Sig. Chiocciola, Wikimedia Commons From ESS News Brazil’s capacity reserve auction for battery energy storage systems (BESS), first anticipated in 2024, moved closer to execution in 2025 as projects advanced and auction rules were f...

A new two-electron bromine chemistry sharply cuts corrosion while boosting performance, opening a clearer path for zinc–bromine flow batteries at grid scale. January 6, 2026 Vincent Shaw Image: DICP From ESS News Researchers at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed a new bromine-based flow battery chemistry that addresses one of the technology’s longest-standing barriers: severe corrosion caused by free bromine during charging. The team repo...