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.
Belgium: IPP Storm raises €330 million, starts building 1.2GWh battery storage projects
Renewables developer and IPP Storm has secured project finance for two large-scale BESS projects in Ruien and Langerlo, Belgium.
Energy Storage Awards 2026 opens for entries: It’s time to shine and show the world
The industry’s premier celebration of excellence, innovation and hard work returns this autumn, at the Energy Storage Awards 2026.
Munch Energie connects 500MWh German BESS cluster to the grid
Utility and power firm Munch Energie is putting five large-scale BESS projects online in Germany.
BESS prices set to increase in short-term, but technology will ‘continue to move goal posts’ long-term
The price of BESS has fallen steadily in the past few years, but recent events look set to slow or event reverse that trend at least in the short term. Video interviewees at last month’s Energy Storage Summit 2026 shared their views on the topic.
Battery storage projects win 1.8GW in UK capacity market auctions
UK battery storage projects won a combined 1.8GW of capacity market (CM) obligations across the T-1 and T-4 auctions.
Over 17GWh of BESS deployed globally in February 2026
A total of 6.9GW/17.1GWh of grid-scale BESS came online last month, as per the most recent figures from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Italy’s Terna approves 3GWh BESS; project progress elsewhere in Europe
Terna, the transmission system operator (TSO) of Italy, has approved the grid connection for a 500MW/3GWh BESS project. Meanwhile several smaller projects have progressed across the rest of Europe.
EU Roundup: 700MWh of BESS projects move forward in Germany, Belgium, France, Finland, Latvia and Portugal
Another busy week of BESS news from across Europe, with investors and owner-operators ABO, Field, Aspiravi, Prime Capital, Latvenergo, Sonnedix and Amarenco progressing large-scale projects across Europe.
