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Steady but not static: Battery revenues in January 2026
January brought a largely balanced power system to Germany, with firm winter demand, scarce negative prices, and contained volatility. Yet beneath stable price levels, revenue opportunities shifted across wholesale and balancing markets. Lennard Wilkening, CEO and Co-Founder of suena energy, breaks down how battery optimization performed in this compressed yet still actionable market environment.
Mar 02, 2026
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BESS operators can earn from idle capacity in new UK market
Electron and Tem claim new market will provide stable, recurring revenue for flexible energy assets such as battery energy storage systems (BESS), without sacrificing access to other markets. The companies say their new offer is the UK’s first physical-hedging market for managing renewable imbalance risk.
BESS in Brazil: Feasibility of three strategic approaches
Based on real data from the National Interconnected System between 2024 and 2025, the study evaluates the technical, economic, and regulatory performance of batteries operating as autonomous market agents, behind the meter for consumption shifting, or co-located with distributed solar generation.
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India’s storage auction bids falling short of project economics, Mercom reports
Only around 50% of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects auctioned between July and November 2025 demonstrate positive project economics under modeled assumptions, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released report.
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Industrial batteries in France earn revenue by stabilizing the grid via secondary reserve (aFRR)
As the need for grid flexibility intensifies, French energy storage company Storio Energy is pioneering a new model for decentralized flexibility: behind-the-meter (BTM) industrial battery storage participating in secondary reserve (aFRR). This approach marks a significant shift in how industrial energy storage can contribute to electricity grid stability.
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No extremes, except one: Battery trading in a surprisingly steady November
November brought calm to Germany’s power market. As volatility dropped and price spreads narrowed in a well-supplied system, battery revenues became harder to capture. Lennard Wilkening, CEO and co-founder of suena energy, unpacks what this meant for BESS operators and why multi-market coordination proved essential once again.
Kick off in Oslo’s Intility Arena: Battery flattens matchday peaks, earns revenue for startup
Norwegian startup Peak Shaper has commissioned a 1.2 MW battery system at Intility Arena, utilizing an "Energy as a Service" model without capital costs for those that want a battery. Torfinn Årdalsbakke, a project developer at Peak Shaper, tells ESS News more.
EDF wins decentralized, dual-use grid booster battery project in Germany
With a total capacity of 250 MW across five sites, the battery storage system will support the transfer of electricity from northern to southern Germany, helping to alleviate grid imbalances and congestion. In addition to its grid-serving role, the system will also be permitted to generate market-based revenues.
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