 WILSONVILLE, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--ESS Inc. ESS or the Company, a U.S. manufacturer of long-duration batteries, today announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with SB Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp, to deploy two gigawatt-hours 2 GWh of ESS batteries through 2026. The agreement demonstrates ESS and SB Energys shared commitment and vision of a global shift to renewables and decarbonization of the grid. ESS recently announced it would become a p 