Belgium: IPP Storm raises €330 million, starts building 1.2GWh battery storage projects
Renewables developer and IPP Storm has secured project finance for two large-scale BESS projects in Ruien and Langerlo, Belgium.
Energy Storage Awards 2026 opens for entries: It’s time to shine and show the world
The industry’s premier celebration of excellence, innovation and hard work returns this autumn, at the Energy Storage Awards 2026.
VIDEO: Grid-forming, LDES and solar hybrids in Europe, with Envision Energy’s Michael Koller
Envision Energy’s director of energy storage solutions, Michael Koller, speaks with Energy-Storage.news at Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London, UK.
Munch Energie connects 500MWh German BESS cluster to the grid
Utility and power firm Munch Energie is putting five large-scale BESS projects online in Germany.
BESS prices set to increase in short-term, but technology will ‘continue to move goal posts’ long-term
The price of BESS has fallen steadily in the past few years, but recent events look set to slow or event reverse that trend at least in the short term. Video interviewees at last month’s Energy Storage Summit 2026 shared their views on the topic.
Battery storage projects win 1.8GW in UK capacity market auctions
UK battery storage projects won a combined 1.8GW of capacity market (CM) obligations across the T-1 and T-4 auctions.
Over 17GWh of BESS deployed globally in February 2026
A total of 6.9GW/17.1GWh of grid-scale BESS came online last month, as per the most recent figures from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Italy’s Terna approves 3GWh BESS; project progress elsewhere in Europe
Terna, the transmission system operator (TSO) of Italy, has approved the grid connection for a 500MW/3GWh BESS project. Meanwhile several smaller projects have progressed across the rest of Europe.
VIDEO: Interviews with IPPs R.Power, BW ESS and Econergy at the Energy Storage Summit 2026
Executives from BW ESS, R.Power and Econergy, IPPs building large-scale BESS across Europe and Australia, recently sat down for video interviews at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London.
VIDEO: Europe’s first 100GW of energy storage and what’s next, with Energy Storage Europe
We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.
