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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.

blathnaid.odea@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Blathnaid O’Dea

Grid-scale

How on-site batteries are fast-tracking data center grid connections Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are already regularly deployed in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications for data centers, but current market conditions are now driving new deployment needs and strategies. Blathnaid O’Dea hears from industry insiders about increasingly popular approaches like bring your own capacity (BYOC) and flexible grid connections (FGC), and why batteries can provide services beyond speed to power that gas turbines can’t.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 19, 2026

Industry

Lyten completes Northvolt acquisition: Set to manufacture lithium-sulfur batteries at gigascale and kickstart R&D in Sweden Lyten expects commercial sales of cells from its Swedish hub to supply its battery manufacturing facility in Poland in the second half of 2026.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 27, 2026

Projects & Applications

FRV’s hybridization strategy targets 5 GWh of standalone Spanish BESS Spanish company FRV aims to hybridize its Spain-based solar portfolio and increase its battery energy storage (BESS) capacity in the country. The developer says its projects are in an advanced stage of development.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 26, 2026

Projects & Applications

Wooderson hybrid 3.6 GWh DC-coupled storage project gets go ahead in Australia The Wooderson project combines 450 MW of solar PV and 3.6 GWh of battery energy storage (BESS) with an eight hour capacity on a DC-coupled setup. It is one of a series of similar large-scale projects undergoing environmental assessment in Australia at the moment.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 25, 2026

Projects & Applications

Trina Storage, Gore Street Capital to deliver 12 GWh of new BESS projects in Europe Trina Storage and Gore Street Capital are forming a new Europe-focused battery energy storage (BESS) fund. Gore Street expects the overall size of the fund and co-investment to rise to €1 billion by end of 2026.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 24, 2026

Projects & Applications

EU BESS: Ireland’s first four-hour battery online, 225 MWh for Poland, Wärtsilä’s 100 MWh Poland, Belgium, and Ireland have made moves to bolster their energy security with more than 400 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) capacity in various stages of development.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 18, 2026

Projects & Applications

Fu-Gen and Nala Renewables close on 125 MW ready-to-build BESS in Finland Construction on the Voulijoki battery energy storage (BESS) project is expected to begin later this year.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Feb 17, 2026

Projects & Applications

Enery secures $298 million project financing for CEE, begins construction of 1 GWh BESS in Romania Earlier this month, Enery announced the start of construction of more than 1 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Romania, which will be co-located with 761 MW of solar PV. More recently, the company secured financing to build out its BESS portfolio in Slovenia, Slovakia, Czechia, and Bulgaria.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jan 27, 2026

Projects & Applications

ContourGlobal acquires 2 GWh of BESS in Greece Milan, Italy-headquartered ContourGlobal has announced its first venture in Greece, a move which includes the acquisition of 500 MW /2,000 MWh of battery energy storage (BESS) capacity. The capacity comes from two separate transactions and includes what will become one of Greece's first operational merchant batteries.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jan 26, 2026

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