Saft to deploy 75MWh BESS at parent company TotalEnergies’ Belgium oil refinery
Oil and gas firm TotalEnergies has enlisted subsidiary Saft to deploy a 25MW/75MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a refinery in Antwerp, Belgium.
Voltalia commissions solar-plus-storage project on French Guiana with 10.6MWh BESS
French renewable energy company Voltalia has completed the expansion of a renewable energy plant in French Guiana, adding a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 10.6MWh.
Pylontech in JV with system integrator for ESS battery gigafactory in Italy
System integrator Energy SpA and its vertically integrated peer Pylon Technologies have formed a joint venture (JV) to set up a gigafactory in Italy producing batteries for energy storage.
Italy’s nascent market hit by post-auction BESS capex spike and ‘too many solar developers’
Italy is seeing “too many solar developers moving into storage” and issues around the spike in BESS capex costs shortly after 2022’s capacity market auction, sources told Energy-Storage.news.
Germany: EnBW to start construction on pumped hydro plant in 2023
Energy firm EnBW has been given the go-ahead to start work on a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Germany.
German system operators Amprion and E.ON launch ‘world’s first decentralised grid booster’
System operators Amprion and E.ON are launching a series of non-wires alternative energy storage projects totalling 250MW in Germany, claimed to be the first of their kind.
Octopus to optimise Masdar’s £1 billion UK battery storage pipeline
UK-based utility Octopus Energy will optimise UK battery storage projects for UAE-based Masdar, which has committed to investing £1 billion (US$1.25 million) in the country’s grid-scale market.
Battery storage fire safety requires ‘integrated, standardised approach’
The battery storage industry can learn lessons on how to approach fire safety from more established sectors as it works to develop standards.
Pulse Clean Energy secures 72MW of BESS in Manchester
Battery storage developer Pulse Clean Energy has completed the acquisition of 72MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Manchester.
DIF to acquire UK’s largest co-located solar and battery energy storage portfolio
DIF Capital Partners, together with ib vogt, has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in the largest UK co-located solar and battery portfolio from Cero Generation and Enso Energy, the companies confirmed.
