Spain has awarded €265 million (USD 302 million) to 11 pumped hydro energy storage projects totaling almost 4.1 GW / 49.9 GWh across two rounds of its BORALMAC funding program. The two rounds, resolved between 2024 and 2026, support new…
Swiss developer Delta Capacity has confirmed contractors and suppliers for its second major Finnish battery storage project as construction gets underway. Construction has begun on the 125 MW / 300 MWh Kärppiö battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Teuva,…
Greenvolt Power has started construction of a 600 MW GWh BESS in Siedlce, Poland. It said it expects to begin commercial operations by the end of 2027. BYD Energy Storage will supply the battery technology. The project will use 210…
The potential revenues of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Spain increased between 1% and 6% in August compared to July, according to the monthly analysis by the French consultancy Clean Horizon. This would imply a range of €482,000–€506,000/MW/year for…
Regulators in China’s Zhejiang province have opened the provincial electricity spot market to independent grid-side batteries, with a move to price-and-quantity bidding planned for 2027. Zhejiang will let independent grid-side storage projects trade in its electricity spot market under a…
Chinese manufacturer DoGo Power has launched two new grid-forming battery energy storage products, one aimed at larger C&I applications and one at utility-scale projects, alongside an AI-based software toolkit. The launch took place in Shanghai on Sept. 22. On the…
Finnish fund manager Taaleri Energia and Baltic private equity firm KJK Capital have invested in a 2.2-hour battery in southern Estonia that one of the backers says will be the largest in the Nordic and Baltic region. Taaleri Energia’s SolarWind…
Brazil’s independent power producers are calling for a regulatory framework for BESS and clearer rules for renewable energy curtailment as part of an agenda for the country’s 2027-2030 government cycle. The Brazilian Association of Independent Electricity Producers (APINE) presented six…
German battery storage developer and operator Green Flexibility is developing six large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Lower Saxony with a combined capacity of 120 MW/480 MWh. The Kempten-based company has signed flexible grid connection agreements with German network…
Pylontech said it has started mass production of 588 Ah and 601 Ah prismatic LFP cells at its manufacturing base in Hefei, China’s Anhui province, and has already produced more than 100 MWh of the cells. The cells are being…