BW ESS launches in Germany with 1GW BESS development partnership
Energy storage developer-owner BW ESS has entered its fifth international market, partnering with developer MIRAI Power in Germany.
Bulgaria’s NEK deploying BESS at hydropower plants
State-owned utility and power generation firm NEK is deploying BESS at its hydropower plants across Bulgaria.
Fluence lowers 2025 guidance due to ‘disappointing’ contract delays, competitive pressure
Fluence has reported a year-on-year fall in quarterly revenues and lowered its 2025 guidance but sees ‘robust’ global demand for battery storage.
Cyprus: Guidance issued for 150MW/350MWh energy storage support scheme
The government of Cyprus has published guidelines for a scheme to support the deployment of approximately 150MW/350MWh of energy storage.
BNEF: Bigger cell sizes, 5MWh containers among major BESS cost reduction drivers
A growing industry trend towards larger battery cell sizes and higher energy density containers is contributing significantly to falling battery energy storage system (BESS) costs.
DTEK enlists Fluence for 200MW/400MWh of grid-supporting BESS in Ukraine
System integrator Fluence will provide 200MW/400MWh of BESS for dependent power producer (IPP) DTEK’s projects in Ukraine.
Eneco to take Netherlands’ largest BESS into operation in 2025
Utility Eneco will optimise a BESS project in the Netherlands that, at 31.6MW/126.4MWh, will be the country’s largest when it comes online before the end of the year.
Neoen starts building 90MWh German BESS
France-headquartered IPP Neoen has started construction work on a 45MW/90MWh BESS project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, set to come online in 2026.
Grenergy raises US$324 million for Phase 4 of ‘world largest’ solar-plus-storage project in Chile
Grenergy has raised financing for the fourth phase of a solar-plus-storage project in Chile set to feature 11GWh of battery storage capacity when completed.
Greece postpones third battery storage auction
The energy regulator in Greece has cancelled the country’s third large-scale energy storage procurement auction due to confusion over limits on how much power capacity could be bid in per participant, with a view to relaunching the scheme.
