Battery storage can help establish a new era of European energy resilience
More needs to be done to cement energy storage’s vital role in European energy resilience, writes Teresa Casacchia, head of storage at Baywa r.e.
KNESS and Hithium enter 2GWh Ukraine partnership, c.700MWh progressed elsewhere in Finland, Estonia and Southeast Europe
A busy week of large-scale BESS projects news from the Eastern side of Europe, with projects reaching commissioning, final investment decision, technology procurement and acquisition, led by KNESS’ 2GWh partnership with Hithium in Ukraine.
Planning barriers ‘threaten to stall momentum’ in UK battery storage market
The UK just saw its biggest year of grid-scale battery storage deployments, but planning barriers “threaten to stall momentum,” according to one expert.
Baltic BESS and TES: Estonia’s 1.1GWh district heating accumulator, Nidec PCS-transformer deal in Lithuania
A 582MWh battery storage project and a gigawatt-hour-scale thermal energy storage system are the latest big developments in the emerging Baltic region, north-eastern Europe.
‘Moment of truth’: The 2026 regulatory agenda for large battery storage in Germany
Germany’s BESS market is booming but is still far behind what it is needed for its energy transition. 2026 will be a key year in this regard with several key regulatory questions potentially clarified, writes energy transition comms executive Frederik König.
Ore Energy pilots 100-hour iron-air BESS at EDF lab in France
Netherlands-based iron-air long-duration energy storage (LDES) startup Ore Energy has completed a grid-connected pilot of its 100-hour iron-air LDES system at EDF Lab les Renardières in France.
BESS financing benefitting from other clean energy segment struggles, US uncertainty, Fidra CEO says
Owner-operator Fidra Energy came out of virtually nowhere to be building one of Europe’s largest BESS in the UK, the 1.4GW/3.1GWh Thorpe Marsh project. We catch up with CEO Chris Elder, about its strategy and projects but also broader BESS and clean energy financing trends.
RWE, Masdar, Zenobe, Enlight and others forge partnerships, tolling offers to further Germany market expansion
A busy week of grid-scale BESS project news from Germany, with numerous development, project, optimisation and tolling partnerships announced.
Sungrow to invest US$270 million in inverter and BESS factory in Poland, first outside Asia
Chinese-based OEM Sungrow will build a PV inverter and battery storage manufacturing facility in southwest Poland, its first outside Asia.
CATL, Cornex, SolaX and other Chinese energy storage players in multi-GWh international agreements
Carrie Xiao examines some notable recent partnerships and supply agreements for Chinese energy storage players in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Australia.
