First come, first served no longer. This principle is now finished with at Germany’s Bayernwerk Netz—the major distribution system operator (DSO) serving the German state of Bavaria and a subsidiary of energy giant E.ON. The change applies specifically to battery…
Switzerland’s Phenogy AG and Germany’s HD Advanced Technologies (HDAT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, are set to collaborate on developing and manufacturing sodium-ion battery cells in Europe. The plan forms part of a strategic partnership between the two…
China-based energy solutions company CATL announced it has reached certification of all 20 of its battery plants as carbon neutral, achieving its key climate target of carbon neutrality across core operations by 2025 on schedule. The company also unveiled its…
Enel Green Power, part of the Italy-based power group Enel, has launched construction on another large-scale BESS in Chile.
Czech industrial holding Suas Group and Slovak investment firm EIF have energized a 57 MW / 120 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in near the town of Lipnice nad Sázavou, located in Czechia’s Vysočina Region, some 100 kilometers southeast…
The IFRS Foundation announced the approval of new five-year operating and financing plans for its sustainability reporting and accounting standards boards, the ISSB and IASB, respectively, with the ISSB plan setting out the transition of the board’s funding structure from…
California’s path to affordable energy bills starts in homes and driveways, according to a new report from GridLab, Kevala, and E3 that contains recommendations for how millions of customer-owned energy resources can improve electric grid operations in the Golden State.…
Specialist impact investor Blue Earth Capital announced that it has raised over $200 million in investor commitments at the second close of its impact secondaries strategy, the firm’s first fund dedicated to secondary transactions. Founded in 2021, Switzerland-based Blue Earth…
The grid-scale energy storage market in Germany is in a strong position but key questions around grid fees, grid connections, FCAs and the upcoming capacity market remain, speakers at the upcoming Energy Storage Summit Germany 2026 said.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has closed its Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II) at around US$3 billion.