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Huawei Digital Power to supply batteries for Denmark’s largest BESS project Copenhagen Energy's 132 MWh Everspring battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio will be supplied by Huawei Digital Power.

4 hours ago

Projects & Applications

Galileo Empower gets approval for new 49.9 MW battery storage project in Scotland Southeastern Scotland's West Lothian region has approved a new battery storage facility, adding to the region's storage riches.

6 hours ago

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Plan-B Net Zero unveils 280 MW German battery storage target, while targeting ‘renewable haters’ too The startup aims to develop the storage in the north of Germany, where the company sees strongly positive grid developments.

9 hours ago

Products & Services

Envision Energy, FERA to develop 1.5 GWh of storage in Australia Envision Energy and FERA Australia have agreed to collaborate on large-scale hybrid renewable energy projects across Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), with the potential to deliver up to 1.5 GWh of battery energy storage.

10 hours ago

Projects & Applications

BBDF 2025: Co-location, hybrid PPAs reshaping the European energy market BBDF 2025’s “From Solar to BESS: Moving from PV Project Development to BESS With and Without Co-location,” has shown the potential for creating new business modules in the renewable energy business via the so-called hybrid power purchase agreements and the co-location of wind and solar energy assets with battery storage.

Emiliano Bellini

11 hours ago

Opinion & Analysis

Why the strategy is key: Lessons from real-world benchmarks Maximizing value from battery energy storage systems (BESS) isn’t just about having the right hardware – it’s about executing the right strategy. Lennard Wilkening, CEO and co-founder of Germany's suena energy, explores what makes standalone BESS profitable in increasingly competitive and volatile market, and what real-world benchmarks, such as suena’s monthly revenue update, reveal about the role of dynamic multi-market optimization.

Lennard Wilkening

Jul 17, 2025

Finance

Argentina’s first energy storage tender receives 1,347 MW of bids 15 companies submitted 27 projects, pledging over $1 billion in investment for a total that far exceeded the tender's 500 MW target.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jul 17, 2025

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Revenue streams

German plans for 390 MWh merchant batteries Both standalone, grid-connected sites are set to generate revenue by participating directly in electricity markets, rather than through fixed contracts.

May 02, 2025

Finance

Vattenfall plans 3 GW of batteries, offers tolling contracts Vattenfall representatives Nicola Kleihues and Daniel Schwarz tell pv magazine about the power company's strategy in Germany and what it considers when buying project rights there. They also explain how to evaluate tolling offers to secure energy-storage-based electricity flexibility for a fixed fee.

Apr 30, 2025

Projects & Applications

Big things ahead for Romanian BESS investments Aurora Energy Research foresees double digit internal rates of return for standalone battery energy storage (BESS) projects entering the market as early as 2026, while co-located assets could prove even more promising – especially post 2028 where rising saturation in the balancing markets is observed. Romania's energy minister said the country is targeting 3 GWh over the next few years.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 30, 2025

Policy

US commonwealth legislates to triple energy storage Virginian utilities Dominion and Appalachian Power would have to source 10 GW of short- and long-duration energy storage by 2045 in a bill sponsored in the commonwealth's House of Representatives by Democrat Richard “Rip” Sullivan.

Apr 30, 2025

Markets

History repeats as Iberian blackout demonstrates urgent need for battery storage The vast blackout that gripped the Iberian Peninsula on April 28 has echoes of a similar event in an Australian state in 2016. The solution in both cases appears to be the same.

Jonathan Gifford

Apr 29, 2025

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Chile inaugurates its largest standalone battery energy storage project Developer Atlas Renewable Energy has inaugurated the 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) plant in María Elena commune, in the Antofagasta region.

Apr 29, 2025

Grid-scale

CIP divests 50% of its 1 GWh Coalburn 1 BESS in Scotland Insurer Axa IM Alts will acquire half of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' (CIP) Coalburn 1, which is expected to be the biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) of its kind in Europe when commissioned in 2026.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 28, 2025

Grid-scale

Australian grid company adds community batteries as it preps for rooftop solar influx Jemena, which operates an electricity distribution grid in the state of Victoria, has activated the first two of four planned community batteries on its network as it anticipates a flood of rooftop solar.

Apr 28, 2025

Finance

BW ESS secures green loan for 211 MWh of Swedish batteries The loan will back 14 operational battery energy storage sites ranging from 5 MW to 20 MW in size.

Apr 28, 2025

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