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Korkia expands into offering ‘powered land’ for data centers in Chile
The Finnish company plans to combine access to land and grid connection capacity with new renewable generation, battery storage, and grid infrastructure. Korkia claims it is already moving forward with these types of projects in Chile, although it has not provided details on their locations, capacity, or investment.
How competitive is BESS for data centers, really?
Volta Foundation’s July 2026 report ‘Where Batteries Can Win in Data Center Applications’ shows the two areas where battery energy storage systems (BESS) are winning, four where it is competing and two areas where it’s losing out to other technologies in the data center market.
Why Fidra Energy is building the UK’s biggest BESS project
One year on from reaching financial close on the 2.9 GWh Thorpe Marsh BESS, CEO Chris Elder tells ESS News why the developer has opted to build 1 GW+ battery energy storage projects, how Fidra Energy has secured National Wealth Fund backing, and where the company’s European expansion plans may take it first.
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Utility-scale BESS to drive Czechia’s storage market
Analysis by Aurora Energy Research says recent regulatory changes in Czechia have opened the door to a considerable build-out in utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). Wholesale and ancillary prices are offering strong opportunities in the short term, with a two-hour BESS switched on next year likely to reach an internal rate of return over 15%.
EDP and QIC line up 1.6 GWh battery as part of solar-plus-storage deal in Australia
EDP Renewables Australia and QIC's agreement continues the push to pair large storage with new renewable capacity under Australia’s evolving CIS framework, this time in the state of Queensland, alongside large-scale solar.
German battery first to integrate monitoring, analytics and trading, moving away from fragmented digital tools
Obton Dynamic, Amperecloud, Volytica Diagnostics and Enspired are trialling a coordinated approach to storage operation on a 32 MWh battery storage project in Tangermünde, south-east Germany. Their goal is to pilot a best practice in asset management and competitiveness in Europe’s fast-moving storage markets.
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“It’s a miracle we have any storage projects in Germany at all”
Interview: Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA) recently published an FAQ on grid connections for large-scale battery storage. It says that big battery systems require two separate procedures — one for charging (grid draw) and one for discharging (grid feed-in). Attorney Britta Wißmann from Watson Farley & Williams explains what this means for ongoing projects and existing grid connection approvals.
German network operators approve grid connection of 46 GWh of storage at medium voltage level
Last year, German network operators received 9,710 connection requests for battery storage systems planned for commissioning at the medium-voltage level. These requests correspond to a total of 400 GW/661 GWh. At the transmission network level, large-scale battery storage projects with a combined capacity of 51 GW have already been approved for development in the coming years.
Nov 12, 2025
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