The Eraring Battery 1 project, a 460MW/1,770MWh BESS located in New South Wales, Australia. Image: Origin Energy (via LinkedIn). The...
Gigawatt-hours of investments, tolls, optimisation and platform financing across Europe this week
The toll is for its 150MW/600MWh Oviedo project, part of its pan-European investment platform ‘Greenbox’, revealed in May last year....
Battery storage can help establish a new era of European energy resilience
These benefits are reflected in how mainstream BESS has become across the European energy market. In 2024, a record 3.7GW...
New Zealand gentailer Contact Energy eyes US$316 million raise for renewables and energy storage expansion
The equity raise will fund several critical projects, including the Glorit solar PV power plant, a 150MWac project located on the...
Quinbrook powers up 619MWh Supernode Stage One BESS in Queensland, Australia
Quinbrook has also announced plans for a Stage Four expansion, currently in pre-construction. This phase is expected to host the...
Australia commissions 4.9GWh of grid-scale batteries in 2025, matching entire 2017-2024 output
Among these, the 600MW/1.6GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub in Victoria emerged as the standout, largest project. The BESS, jointly developed...
Base Power partners with El Paso Electric, Sonnen launches ‘battery-only’ Texas VPP programme
The partnership was chosen via EPE’s Residential Distributed Energy Storage Pilot Programme (DESPP), aiming to deploy up to 10MW of...
KNESS and Hithium enter 2GWh Ukraine partnership, c.700MWh progressed elsewhere in Finland, Estonia and Southeast Europe
Hithium said that the co-operation covers multiple different durations and will utilise both its 5MWh and 6.25MWh products. The company...
Caterpillar VC backs startup ElevenEs as it builds 1GWh LFP cell factory in Serbia
Construction will begin this month, and the first battery cell deliveries are expected to begin next year, scaling ElevenEs’ proprietary...
‘Greater diversity reshapes expectations’: Women in Energy Storage Network on strengthening and empowering an inclusive industry
WinES will host a special session at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 next week in London, ‘Operating at the top...