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Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine

Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine

Valerie Thompson

valerie.thompson@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Valerie Thompson

Industry

Volta’s 2025 Battery Report: Costs keep falling, boosting BESS across the globe Volta's annual report now stretches to 750 pages, diving deep into many technical areas, along with the usual focus on battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Jan 26, 2026

Finance

Terralayr closes $71.7 million loan for German battery portfolio, with $118.6 million upsizing option Fresh off an equity raise just last week, the Swiss battery player has a significant new loan to fund nine front-of-the-meter battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Germany.

Jan 26, 2026

Grid-scale

Turkey energizes its first major solar-plus-storage project Sivrihisar hybrid plant becomes nation’s first licensed solar‑storage project, pairing 49.2 MWp PV with 34 MWh BESS.

Jan 26, 2026

Grid-scale

Eco Stor secures financing for 238 MWh battery in Germany Project developer Eco Stor has reached another milestone with financing now been finalized by NORD/LB for the battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Schuby, in Germany's far northern reaches near Denmark.

Jan 23, 2026

Projects & Applications

Eolian monetizes its BESS grid connection for new Texas data center Utility-scale storage has many physical assets. In a time of data center need, one huge one that's non-tangible is the grid interconnection.

Jan 23, 2026

Fire risk and safety

Trina Storage’s Elementa 2 Pro passes large-scale fire safety and propagation tests Trina Storage has released results from a large-scale fire safety test of its Elementa 2 Pro battery energy storage system (BESS). The test, certified by TÜV Rheinland, utilized separation distances below standard requirements to evaluate thermal propagation risks.

Jan 22, 2026

Projects & Applications

Akaysha Energy powers up Australian 430 MWh grid-forming battery five months early The 205 MW/410 MWh Brendale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the state of Queensland has entered commercial operations. The project features the Tesla Megapack 2 batteries with grid-forming tech.

Jan 20, 2026

Finance

Terralayr secured major funding to scale its battery storage ambitions The company raised a headline figure of €192 million, though the initial investment is €112 million, and if projects progress as planned, a further €80 million may follow.

Jan 20, 2026

Grid-scale

Masdar reaches financial close for grid-scale solar-plus-storage plays in Oman, Uzbekistan The Abu Dhabi-based developer has achieved financial close on two large-scale projects mixing solar and storage, including Oman's first.

Tristan Rayner, Patrick Jowett

Jan 19, 2026

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