The balancing mechanism (BM) is effectively the only way that location is rewarded in the UK, and the BESS industry...
Green Flexibility, Suncatcher, SWB and ArcelorMittal progress large-scale BESS projects in Germany totalling 324MWh
Green Flexibility execs and local stakeholders inaugurating the project. Image: Green Flexibility. SWB and Be.storaged executives signing the deal for...
R.Power and Axpo agree optimisation deal with floor for 1.2GWh Poland BESS
Axpo is the largest power firm in Switzerland, and is fast emerging as a major BESS offtake provider in Poland...
1GWh+ of BESS progressed across EU by re:cap, Flower, Goldbeck, Tavion, LONGi, Teos and SPP
Longi’s solar and storage project in Italy. Image: Longi Large-scale BESS projects have been progressed to construction, financing or operations...
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS secure finance and offtake for over 2.2GWh of UK BESS
MUFG Bank, the London branch of CIBC and NatWest underwrote the financing. Nicolás Navas, CFO of Madrid-headquartered Matrix, said the...
Czech Republic: Trading firm Second Foundation to commission 307MW of BESS in 2026, local integrator used
BESS Tušimice (200MW/400MWh) is the largest of the three projects and will also be eventually topped up to 210MW/420MWh after...
A threshold crossed, but ‘not a silver bullet’: Industry reaction and analysis of CATL-HyperStrong sodium-ion deal
A ‘turning point’, ‘a threshold crossed’, ‘sodium-ion going mainstream’ Calvin Xu, China BESS market analyst for Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, said...
EBRD finances solar and storage projects in Egypt and Hungary
“As the country seeks to diversify its energy mix, reduce reliance on imported fuels and enhance resilience to external shocks, we are...
Sodium-ion for BESS: chemistries and battery products from CATL, Envision, BYD, Hithium & HiNA compared
Why sodium-ion? First, the why. One reason that sodium-ion is being considered as an alternative to lithium-ion is for fire...
Grenergy signs 12-year toll for 680MWh Spain BESS
The toll covers the BESS portion of a combined solar and storage project. Image: Grenergy. IPP Grenergy has entered into...