Flexa on what Germany’s 23GWh of home batteries entering the market means
A regulatory change is opening Germany’s energy markets to 23GWh of home batteries. The co-CEO of VPP platform Flexa discusses what it could mean for the market.
‘They’re just chucking grenades’: Gore Street BESS fund chair urges rejection of Saba proposal, as Germany asset sale falls through
We hear from Angus Gordon Lennox, chair of the Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), which faces a shareholder vote next week on its future.
Interview: Field’s technical director on its 16-18-hour UK LDES battery storage projects
What led Field to submitting, and winning, 16- to 18-hour BESS projects in the UK’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, and what are the next steps? We hear from the firm’s technical director.
Germany: BNetzA’s post-2029 dynamic grid fees to reward grid-friendly behaviour, but more clarity needed
The German regulator BNetzA’s latest draft decision on grid fees from 4 August 2029 onwards still leaves uncertainty for energy storage project business cases.
VIDEO: Rept Battero’s overseas team on navigating the evolving landscape and requirements for Chinese OEMs
How do Chinese OEMs respond to evolving customer requirements and new risks that come with business outside their home market? We sat down with executives from Rept Battero at Intersolar in June to discuss.
‘Tremendously important market for storage’: US BESS integrator FlexGen on its start of European operations
ESN Premium speaks with Jason Abiecunas and Mike Wallace of FlexGen, one of a growing number of US BESS companies establishing operations in Europe.
VIDEO: ‘Not enough priority given to BESS asset management and operation’
BESS deployments in Europe are growing exponentially year-on-year, but is asset management, operations & maintenance (O&M) and data given enough priority? A data executive from BayWa r.e. discussed the topic.
‘It’s on the up now’: How grid fee clarity unlocked BW ESS’ German ambitions
BW ESS’ executive director Roberto Jimenez discusses the company’s recently-announced first Germany project, in Klostermansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, which could be one of Europe’s largest when completed in 2028.
VIDEO: Fluence’s Lars Stephan on what data centres and cybersecurity developments mean for BESS in Europe
We sat down with Lars Stephan, EMEA director of marketing, policy and public affairs for system integrator Fluence, to discuss energy storage, data centres and cybersecurity at Intersolar last month.
Energy trader Second Foundation on owning projects and the ‘art’ of trading batteries in Germany
We chat to Stephan Lehrke, head of Germany at Second Foundation, a Czech Republic-headquartered energy asset trading firm which is becoming an owner-operator of BESS.
