Alfen and CATL agree 5GWh sodium-ion BESS partnership in Europe
System integrator Alfen and battery company CATL have struck a 5GWh partnership for sodium-ion BESS deployments in Europe.
EU ROUNDUP: Operators commission 682MWh of BESS in Germany, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark and Bulgaria
There’s been a flurry of project completions across Europe this past week, with projects completed in Germany, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark and Bulgaria by RheinEnergie/SMA, BSP, BStor, European Energy and Sunotec respectively, totalling nearly 700MWh of capacity.
Giga Storage secures finance for 2.8GWh ‘critical infrastructure’ Belgium BESS
Owner-operator Giga Storage has secured a €450 million (US$512 million) financing package for its 700MW/2,800MWh Green Turtle BESS project in Belgium.
Battery storage business models explored for AI data centres with Nordic reserve market revenues and US household computing power
AI data centre battery storage announcements on both sides of the Atlantic explore the tapping of grid-balancing revenues and distributed computing.
Elestor, Windpark Zeewolde partner on 10-40-hour hydrogen-iron flow battery LDES project in Netherlands
Dutch long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer Elestor has partnered with Windpark Zeewolde to deploy a 20MW/200-800MWh hydrogen-iron flow battery storage system at what is described as Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.
VIDEO: HyperStrong to deploy sodium-ion BESS first in China, international projects could follow in 2027
System integrator HyperStrong will deploy sodium-ion BESS first in its home market of China, before bringing a product to the international markets, its president of technology said.
Scotland: ContourGlobal 2GWh acquisition, Zenobē and Revera FIDs on 800MWh projects
A roundup of recent large-scale BESS activity in the UK, with IPPs ContourGlobal, Zenobē and Revera buying or taking FID on three separate projects totalling 3.6GWh of capacity.
Vopak takes FID on 800MWh Netherlands ‘controllable congestion mitigator’ BESS
Tank storage company Vopak has marked its energy into the BESS sector with a final investment decision (FID) for a 200MW/800MWh BESS in the Netherlands, which recently entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with TSO TenneT.
Europe goes big: BESS projects totalling 11GWh launched by IPPs BW ESS, Greenvolt and Giga Storage
Three massive BESS projects have been launched in Europe: BW ESS has broken ground on a 1GW/5.7GWh system in Germany, while Greenvolt and Giga Storage have enlisted suppliers (BYD and Tesla) for 2.4GWh and 2.8GWh projects in Poland and Belgium.
EnBW, Elements Green and VPI launch construction, enlist suppliers for 2.5GWh of BESS in Germany
EnBW and VPI have launched construction on large-scale BESS projects in Germany, while Elements Green and Eku Energy have agreed supply and acquisition deals respectively for separate 400MW/1,600MWh projects.
