Harmony starts building third 100MW/200MWh French BESS
BESS developer-operator Harmony Energy has started construction on a 100MW/200MWh BESS in France, its third to reach that stage in the country.
VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: Assessing Germany’s unique merchant opportunities
What are the merchant opportunities in Germany, where there are almost no capacity schemes or subsidies for energy storage? A panel of expert speakers discussed the opportunities in Europe’s largest energy market on the panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February.
UK BESS ROUNDUP: SSE commissions 300MWh unit, Matrix, Drax and Voltaria progress projects
SSE Renewables, Matrix Renewables, Drax and Voltaria have all progressed large-scale BESS projects in the UK, all-in-all totalling 1.8GWh of new capacity.
Amid Europe’s energy storage boom, residential batteries offer new trading potential
Opportunity is ahead for Europe’s growing fleet of residential battery storage systems in electricity trading, writes Chris Bernkopf, CEO of flexibility and trading platform Podero.
VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: How can you ensure quality and performance when buying BESS?
How do you ensure quality and performance and mitigate risk when buying BESS equipment? Expert speakers from consultancies, analytics firms and independent power producers discussed the topic in a recent panel discussion.
Neoen enlists Nidec for 496MWh France BESS, launches Japan project
IPP Neoen will start construction on large-scale BESS projects in France and Japan in the coming months.
IPPs Zelestra, BNZ adding BESS to solar PV plants in Southern Europe
IPPs Zelestra, BNZ and ALFI have secured offtake and financing to hybridise solar projects with BESS across Spain, Italy, Portugal and Romania.
Akuo building 80MW/220MWh Portugal BESS for 2027 completion
IPP Akuo will soon start building a 2.75-hour BESS project in Borba, Portugal, integrated into its 181MW Santas solar PV plant.
‘Do not overlook it at pre-construction’: Gore Street Capital’s head of asset management on BESS data
BESS fund manager Gore Street Capital’s director of asset management Daniel Sherlock-Burke recently discussed the work it is doing around capturing and making use of its huge quantities of operational data.
‘Absolutely bright’ future for battery storage in Ukraine
Ukraine’s need for energy storage presents opportunities for brave investors, Energy-Storage.news hears from Vadym Utkin, energy storage lead at DTEK.
