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 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.
Energy firm EnBW has been given the go-ahead to start work on a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Germany.
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.
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.
The battery storage industry can learn lessons on how to approach fire safety from more established sectors as it works to develop standards.
Battery storage developer Pulse Clean Energy has completed the acquisition of 72MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Manchester.
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.
Zenobē Energy has started construction of a 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage project in Blackhillock, Scotland.
Grid operators from across Europe believe energy storage is a vital flexibility resource that should be incentivised.
