CATL seeking US$44 million in overdue payments from Powin for battery shipments in 2022/23
CATL has filed a complaint in a US court against system integrator Powin for alleged non-payment of shipments of battery cells for BESS.
Portugal and Moldova progress BESS procurements with EU and USAID funds
Portugal has selected 43 winning BESS projects for a share of €100 million (US$105 million) in EU grants while, on the other side of Europe, Moldova has launched a 75MW BESS procurement with funding from USAID.
UK energy storage slows down as Ireland pipeline gains traction
The UK saw a slowdown in both BESS installations and submitted applications in 2024, while applications in Ireland grew by capacity, writes PV Tech Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.
Construction starts on 440MWh of Tesla BESS in Belgium following financial close
Project owners BSTOR and Energy Solutions Group have started building separate BESS projects totalling 440MWh of capacity in Belgium, following financial close, both of which will use Tesla Megapacks.
UK government considering non-firm grid access for energy storage as part of REMA
The UK government has not ruled out changing grid access rights for new energy storage projects as part of its REMA reforms, a potential move that consultancy AFRY and investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) discussed with Energy-Storage.news.
Partners Group investing €400 million in German BESS platform ‘green flexibility’
Private equity firm Partners Group has invested in ‘green flexibility’, a BESS platform in Germany, with an initial equity commitment of €400 million.
Rolls Royce gets 132MWh order from Polat Energy for wind co-located BESS in Turkey
IPP Polat Energy is deploying multiple renewables-plus-BESS projects in Turkey, and has ordered a 132MWh BESS from the system integration arm of Rolls-Royce for one of them.
NextEra Energy Resources commences permitting for 250MW of hybrid BESS in Wisconsin
NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has commenced the state permitting process for two hybrid solar and storage projects with a cumulative battery capacity of 250MW in Wisconsin, US.
DOE progresses US$1.8 billion loan to Arizona utility APS for BESS, transmission and clean energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment for a loan to utility Arizona Public Service (APS), the first part of which would go towards a 600MWh BESS.
US DOE’s PNNL launches new redox flow battery simulation tool
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed the EZBattery Model, a simulation tool for predicting the performance of redox flow batteries.
