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Investing in BESS in Europe: From market hurdles to C&I opportunities
Energy services group Elevion, a subsidiary of Czech utility ČEZ, has several hundred million euros available for investment, with a significant share potentially earmarked for battery energy storage projects across Europe. Yet identifying the right opportunities remains anything but straightforward. ESS News spoke with Elevion CEO Jaroslav Macek to learn more.
Germany sets energy storage capacity record in 2025 despite fewer new systems
More than 2.2 million energy storage systems have now been installed in Germany, with around 526,000 new systems added in 2025 – around one quarter of the total fleet. Small-scale energy storage continues to dominate new additions, but the number of projects in the planning phase suggests large-scale storage could be set for significant growth.
Texas BESS: GridStor inks tolling agreement for 350 MWh project, Sunrun teams up with NRG Energy for low-cost home storage
GridStor, Sunrun, and NRG Energy are hoping their efforts in the Texas battery energy storage (BESS) market will provide flexibility for the strained Texas ERCOT grid by catering to energy demand.
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Global energy storage fleet to surpass 1 TW/3 TWh by 2033, WoodMac says
According to the latest forecast from Wood Mackenzie, the global energy storage market (excluding pumped hydro) is on track to reach 159 GW/358 GWh by the end of 2024 and grow by more than 600% by 2033, with nearly 1 TW of new capacity expected to come online.
In Conversation: How cheap can battery storage get?
Rapidly declining battery energy storage prices are on everyone’s lips, but rare are the ones who can say for how long costs can stay on a downward trajectory. pv magazine ESS News sat down with Taipei-based InfoLink Consulting to hear their take on the market developments.
Jul 04, 2024
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Australian government backs more than 420 community batteries
The Australian government has beefed up its commitment to community batteries to support the integration of renewable energy in the grid with more than 420 battery energy storage systems to be installed in neighbourhoods across the country as part of its Community Batteries for Household Solar program.
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UL Solutions introduces new testing protocol for residential battery storage systems
The latest test method addresses the fire propagation behavior of a residential battery energy storage system if a thermal runaway propagation event leading to an internal fire were to occur during the system’s lifetime.
In Conversation: ‘Good time to be battery storage developer’
At Intersolar Europe 2024, ESS News spoke with George Hilton, research and analysis manager at S&P Global, about the state of play in the battery energy storage supply chain and falling prices. According to Hilton, the overcapacity at every level of the supply chain has led to prices that are no longer sustainable for many market players. Meanwhile, technological innovation has led to an unprecedented variety of battery storage technologies on offer, and for a great number of markets the right time to jump in is now.
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