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Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine
Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine

Blathnaid O’Dea

Blathnaid is Features Editor with pv magazine Global. Prior to joining the team in 2024, she specialized in writing feature-length articles about STEM careers. She also covered news, including some of Ireland’s renewable energy announcements over the past few years.

Articles written by Blathnaid O’Dea

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Markets
Irish regulator plans to reduce grid fees for energy storage If the proposals by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities are implemented, all energy storage units would be charged solely under generator Transmission Use of System (TUoS) tariffs for the 2026/2027 tariff year, which begins on 1 October 2026.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 30, 2026
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Grid-scale
Neoen to build France’s biggest BESS at 496 MWh, enters Japanese market Coinciding with the French president’s visit to Japan, French renewable giant Neoen announced two landmark battery energy storage (BESS) projects, including its first battery in Japan and the biggest battery in France, which it will build in collaboration with Japan’s Nidec.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 07, 2026
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Projects & Applications
Swiss startup’s subscription model offers lifetime guarantee for second-life batteries Switzerland startup Evolium Technologies' subscription-based business model offers residential battery owners a lifetime guarantee on second life batteries. The startup tests and remotely monitors each battery cell so it can alert customers when a cell is under-performing.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 02, 2026
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Projects & Applications
Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site Construction has begun on a 260 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Georgia. Burns & McDonnell has been contracted to build the battery which is scheduled for completion in 2027.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 02, 2026
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Auctions
Japan: First capacity market battery commissioned, finance secured for 270 MWh Kikugawa BESS Private and public cash supports more energy storage deployment in Japan, as developers take different approaches to project financing. More large-scale grid-connected projects expected in the wake of oversubscribed Japanese capacity market auction.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 01, 2026
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Grid-scale
Michigan approves 1.3 GW BESS portfolio, including contested Oracle data center assets Approved DTE Electric storage facilities include one asset backed by a 20-year tolling agreement, two self-build contracts and three batteries to serve an Oracle-owned data center. The energy regulator has denied a petition from the state’s attorney general to revisit BESS approvals.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Apr 01, 2026
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Grid-scale
President Aliyev switches on landmark Azerbaijan BESS project Head of state attends commissioning of key project in wider 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment program. The utility-scale BESS is expected to support a ramping up of renewables deployment in Azerbaijan.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Mar 31, 2026
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Projects & Applications
US startup begins manufacturing grid-scale flywheel ESS SOSV-backed Qnetic is aiming to raise $20 million in 2026. Over the next two years it will work with the National Lab of the Rockies and other partners on field testing and validating its technology across multiple use cases.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Mar 30, 2026
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Software
Entrix secures €43 million investment, eyes growth for flexibility services in Iberian market Battery optimizer Entrix has surpassed 3 GW/8.5 GWh of contracted battery storage capacity, with 2 GW expected to be operational by the end of 2026.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Mar 26, 2026

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