NatPower, Tesla sign 25GWh Megapack supply and execution agreement for Italy and UK BESS projects
NatPower and Tesla have signed a multi-year supply and execution agreement covering more than 25GWh of BESS across Italy and the UK.
Germany’s battery energy storage market is entering a new phase of maturity
Germany’s policymakers, regulators and energy storage industry must carefully consider the issues of grid connections and grid fees, writes Thomas Antonioli of developer Terra One.
EU Roundup: Optimisation and offtake for large-scale BESS with Flower and ENGIE in Germany; Entrix and DRI in Poland
Flower and ENGIE sign a 7-year virtual toll for 126MW in Germany, while Entrix wins optimisation rights for DRI’s 133MW Polish BESS.
There is now more installed energy storage capacity than nuclear in Europe, yet ‘no country has reached its potential’
As of the second quarter of this year, installed energy storage capacity in Europe overtook nuclear, according to trade association Energy Storage Europe’s new report.
European utilities’ association Eurelectric: Long-duration energy storage an increasingly viable flexibility option
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are becoming increasingly viable options to add flexibility to the European electricity network, according to a new report.
Energy trader Second Foundation on owning projects and the ‘art’ of trading batteries in Germany
We chat to Stephan Lehrke, head of Germany at Second Foundation, a Czech Republic-headquartered energy asset trading firm which is becoming an owner-operator of BESS.
EU Roundup: Octopus and Eco Stor financing deals for large-scale BESS in Italy and Germany enable 1.6GWh of capacity
Octopus Energy Generation has partnered with ZE Energy to invest in and build one of Italy’s biggest BESS projects, while Eco Stor has secured financing for one of Germany’s, which it is already building. Optimiser Entrix has also won two large contracts in Germany and the Netherlands.
VIDEO: Germany’s ramp constraints, grid limitations and their impact on the energy storage business case
Energy-Storage.news presents this sponsored webinar with Clean Horizon, on how Germany’s grid connection agreements can affect the business case for battery storage projects.
European BESS M&A ‘up materially’ in Q1, market maturing and repricing risk
What is driving and shaping European BESS project financing and M&A this year?
VDA calls for ‘staged approach’ to implement EU Battery Passport
A ‘staged approach’ to implementing the EU Battery Passport could be essential if Europe is to improve its battery supply chain.
