Estonia’s first grid-scale BESS to come online in 2025, LG to supply batteries
Eesti Energi has completed the procurement for its 26.5MW/51MWh BESS, the first of that scale in Estonia, with LG Energy Solution among the successful parties.
Finland moves to 2-hour durations as Neoen launches largest BESS in Nordics
IPP Neoen has started construction on a 2-hour 56.4MW/112.9MWh BESS in Finland, in the context of market dynamics which optimiser Capalo AI explained to Energy-Storage.news.
Good Law Project to launch legal challenge over government’s onshore wind planning rules
Good Law Project is set to take legal action against the UK government over its policy on onshore wind planning rules in England.
Sweden BESS: SENS secures land for 40MW, Alfen deploying 20MW at wind plant
In a double whammy of Sweden BESS market news, developer SENS has secured the land for a 40MW project while system integrator Alfen will deploy a 20MW system at a wind farm.
Manufacturers, materials dominate Mercom 2023 list of top VC-funded energy storage companies
UK-headquartered Zenobē Energy attracted the most venture capital (VC) funding of any company in the energy storage industry during 2023, as found by Mercom Capital.
Tesla deployed 14.7GWh of energy storage in 2023
Tesla’s energy storage and generation revenues have tripled since 2020, largely driven by deployments of Megapack battery storage systems.
TotalEnergies buys German BESS developer Kyon Energy
Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has acquired Kyon Energy, one of the most active battery energy storage system (BESS) project developers in Germany.
Equinor’s 25MW/50MWh UK BESS commences operations
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor’s 25MW/50MWh Blandford Road battery energy storage system (BESS) has commenced operations.
UK: Developers welcome LDES cap and floor but caution against ‘gaming’ and lithium-ion exclusion
We hear from UK battery storage developer-operators and long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology firms on the government’s recently-released LDES consultation, which has proposed a cap and floor scheme to kickstart investment.
Germany’s Electricity Storage Strategy ‘puts storage on political agenda for the first time’
The German government published a strategy for electricity storage in December, with a comment period for trade associations closing yesterday (16 January).
