Food and beverage giants Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone have committed to change recycling claims advertised on their plastic bottles following dialogue with the European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) network in the wake of a greenwashing alert issued by…
TCL SunPower has launched a new hybrid energy storage cabinet for the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment in Europe. The X5 has a base unit rated at 50 kW/100 kWh and scaled to 400 kWh by connecting up to four…
German renewable energy company Enertrag has reached financial close for its 39 MW / 117 MWh Les Sablons battery energy storage system (BESS) project in northern France. Located in Vendeuil, in France’s Hauts-de-France region, construction is already underway. Renewable energy…
Energy storage technology startup Peak Energy announced that it has raised $108 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at expanding its grid-scale platform into the data center market, with the round led by General Motors Ventures.…
BESS investments in the French market are moving to longer durations with saturation expected to hit the secondary reserve market, currently the main way operational projects make their money.
Newly installed battery energy storage capacity in Germany jumped by 91% in the first three quarters of this year compared to the same period in 2025. All told, more than 500,000 new storage systems with a combined capacity of around…
IPP and EPC Faria Renewables has inaugurated its 49.9MW Galani BESS project in Elassona, Greece.
The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) announced the release of the initial exposure draft of its proposed nature-related disclosure requirements, designed to help companies provide material information to investors about nature-related risks and opportunities in a consistent and comparable…
Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has registered the first request for authorization for an energy storage system classified as a closed-loop pumped-storage hydropower plant. The registration, formalized under Order No. 3,960/2026 and published on Oct. 21, concerns the 5.2…
Science safety leader UL Solutions has announced a new certification pathway intended to help manufacturers of modular direct current (DC) battery energy storage systems (BESS).