Green light for Kona’s 456MWh Smeaton BESS in Scotland
Developer Kona Energy has been granted consent for the construction and operation of its Smeaton BESS project in Scotland, which will total 228MW/456MWh of energy storage capacity.
Ingrid Capacity and SEB partner on 196MW of BESS projects in Sweden
Developer Ingrid Capacity and investor SEB Nordic Energy have partnered to build 13 battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in southern Sweden totalling 196MW of capacity.
Aquila starts building 100MWh Germany project with Trina BESS units
BESS developer-operator Aquila Clean Energy has started building a 50MW/100MWh project in Germany, its first major one in the country.
UK BESS investor Harmony Energy Income Trust ‘close to receiving offers’ in portfolio sale
Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) expects to receive offers for battery storage assets in its UK portfolio by the end of September.
Netherlands: Giga Storage claims first time-limited contract for BESS
BESS developer-operator Giga Storage has agreed a time-limited grid usage contract with Netherlands’ TSO TenneT, the first of its kind, the firm claimed.
Energy Storage Awards 2024: Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline for submitting entries to the 2024 Energy Storage Awards has been extended, meaning participants now have until this Friday, 16 August, to submit nominations.
Shell Energy signs UK’s first single-asset BESS tolling agreement for 330MWh project
BW ESS and its partner Penso Power have signed the first long-term tolling agreement for a single battery energy storage system (BESS) asset in Great Britain with Shell Energy Europe.
UK’s Harmony Energy to build France’s largest BESS
Developer Harmony Energy is set to build a 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in France, the country’s largest.
VIDEO: Energy-Storage.news meets… FlexGen
Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Yann Brandt, chief commercial officer at FlexGen, a solar industry veteran who saw the rising potential of the energy storage industry and jumped on board.
‘We will maximise value of the assets’: Octopus Energy on Gresham House BESS toll deal
Octopus Energy’s head of flexibility discussed its tolling deal with Gresham House for nearly 1GWh of BESS projects, including how they will fit into its VPP portfolio and whether their energy market activity could change under its control.
