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.
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.
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.
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.
Tesla top, Energy Dome the highest non-lithium firm in new LDES supplier ranking
Lithium-ion companies have come out as the top-rated suppliers on a new long-duration energy storage (LDES) leaderboard, while CO2 Battery company Energy Dome is the highest non-lithium company.
RWE starting construction on 400MW/800MWh Germany BESS
Power firm RWE is about to start building a 400MW/800MWh BESS project in Germany, among the largest in the country to reach the construction stage. In related news, Kyon Energy has connected a 282MWh project to the grid, possibly the largest in the country to reach that milestone.
Sungrow PowerTitan 3.0 BESS debuts in Europe, offering 4-8 hour duration
PV inverter and BESS firm Sungrow has launched its PowerTitan 3.0 battery energy storage model for the European market.
European Union battery storage market entered ‘new phase of scale and maturity’ in 2025, but ‘still has a long way to go’
European Union countries deployed record-breaking battery storage capacity for the 12th consecutive year in 2025.
