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.
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.
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.
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.
Gresham House UK BESS revenues recover after 2023 slump and £100 million loss
Average revenues for the Gresham House Energy Storage Fund doubled from February to April this year, fund manager Gresham House said in its full year 2023 results.
Europe ‘slower and less bold’ on financial support for upstream battery material projects
Europe appears to be slower and less bold than other markets like the US when it comes to financial support for upstream battery material projects like lithium refining, a company looking to invest half a billion euros in an EU project told Energy-Storage.news.
Netherlands’ ‘non-firm’ grid connections and lower fees could double BESS deployments
New rules which will reduce grid fees in the Netherlands by providing ‘non-firm agreement’ (NFA) connections as well as time-weighted rates could improve returns and double projected BESS deployments, an analyst has said, though a project owner was less openly optimistic about it.
UK system operator reassessing ‘outdated’ Capacity Market de-rating factors for storage
UK electricity market operator National Grid ESO is reassessing how much energy storage gets paid in the Capacity Market, battery storage operators told Energy-Storage.news, with one calling the current system ‘outdated’.
