A flurry of major grid-scale BESS news in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany and France about projects which could all be described as the largest in those countries.
Renewable energy developer-investor Aquila Clean Energy has contracted optimiser Entrix to provide route-to-market services for two battery projects in Germany.
Steag subsidiary Iqony and Fluence will deploy a 50MW/200MWh BESS project in Germany, part of which will be contracted under a PPA with train network operator Deutsche Bahn.
A group of investors and utilities from Switzerland and Germany have inaugurated a 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Bavaria, Germany, deployed by Fluence – concurrent with separate announcements from S4 Energy and EnBW.
The energy storage industry is seeing a significant shift “toward deeper integration of battery analytics into daily operations,” the CEO of ACCURE has said.
A company that makes 3D-printed concrete anchors and foundations for marine energy projects has been awarded US government funding for its subsea pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) technology.
Automotive group Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated what it claimed is the first integrated hydrometallurgical facility in Europe for battery recycling in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
A roundup of news from Europe, with Alfen and Sermatec deploying BESS projects in Sweden and Bulgaria and new firm terralyr raising €77 million for project development and operation, starting in Germany.
Cloud-based battery analytics provider ACCURE is monitoring a fleet of large-scale battery storage systems in Germany for Iqony, a subsidiary of utility Steag.