Cutthroat competition: the race to the top of the BESS supply chain
Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the trends shaping the battery storage supply chain as market growth accelerates worldwide.
DTEK enlists Fluence for 200MW/400MWh of grid-supporting BESS in Ukraine
System integrator Fluence will provide 200MW/400MWh of BESS for dependent power producer (IPP) DTEK’s projects in Ukraine.
Year in Review: ‘From headwinds to tailwinds,’ in the BESS industry with Zenobē Energy
Energy Storage Award 2024 winner, Semih Oztreves, head of network infrastructure at BESS developer-investor Zenobē Energy, takes part in our annual Q&A series.
Eneco to take Netherlands’ largest BESS into operation in 2025
Utility Eneco will optimise a BESS project in the Netherlands that, at 31.6MW/126.4MWh, will be the country’s largest when it comes online before the end of the year.
UK regulator Ofgem considers 10-hour minimum duration for long-duration energy storage
Ofgem, the UK’s energy market regulator, is considering raising the minimum duration of technologies eligible for a long-duration energy storage (LDES) support scheme.
Neoen starts building 90MWh German BESS
France-headquartered IPP Neoen has started construction work on a 45MW/90MWh BESS project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, set to come online in 2026.
Year in Review with European IPPs Econergy and Ingrid Capacity: ‘Innovative financing is coming’
In this installment of our Year in Review series, we hear from developer and independent power producers (IPPs) Econergy and Ingrid Capacity, both active in the European market.
Complexity and risk of BESS warranties ‘prohibitive’ for some asset owners
Battery storage warranties are complex and inflexible and can add ‘prohibitive’ costs and risks for some asset owners, according to ACCURE Battery Intelligence.
Engie signs offtake contract for long-duration CO2 Battery project in Sardinia, Italy
Engie has signed an ‘energy storage as a service’ contract with technology provider Energy Dome for a long-duration energy storage (LDES) project in Sardinia, Italy.
Germany: Nofar Energy claims first physical fixed-price toll for BESS in Continental Europe
IPP Nofar Energy has agreed a Flexibility Purchase Agreement (FPA) for a 209MWh BESS project in Germany, the first of its kind in Continental Europe, it claimed.
