Market reacts to falling BESS prices
We heard from system integrator, developer and EPC delegates at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London last month about the implications of falling BESS prices.
Provider Merus and customer Ardian talk 40MWh Finland BESS project: ‘negotiations have to move with the market’
We discuss a 40MWh project in Finland with both the BESS provider Merus Power and customer/project owner eNordic, the investment manager in the region for private equity firm Ardian.
Net Zero by Current±: The role of energy storage in net zero
In this episode, Net Zero by Current± is joined by Andy Colthorpe, editor of Energy-Storage.news to discuss the role of energy storage in net zero.
Italy: a market with unique opportunities as 71GWh MACSE capacity market auction approaches
Italy grid-scale energy storage market opportunities unlike anywhere else, but many challenges and uncertainties around the different revenue streams remain, including the upcoming MACSE capacity market auction.
UK’s Harmony Energy expects ‘attractive returns’ in 2024 as BESS trading conditions improve
London Stock Exchange-listed battery storage investment firm Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has predicted that it can generate “attractive returns” despite the ongoing woes in battery energy storage revenues in the GB market.
Sungrow ‘has no lithium-ion production plans at the moment’ while other China BESS providers move upstream
Sungrow tells Energy-Storage.news that it does not currently have plans to launch its own lithium-ion battery cell production for battery energy storage system (BESS) products, a route being taken by other China-based system integrators.
UK batteries, pumped hydro get 2.9GW of T-4 Capacity Market contracts at record price
The UK electricity system operator’s T-4 Capacity Market Auction (CMA) for delivery year 2027/28 cleared earlier this week (27 February) after two rounds at an “all-time high” clearing price of £65 (US$82.23)/kW/year.
The reasons why investors are busy buying BESS developers in the UK and Germany
We hear from industry sources about why we’ve seen a flurry of investors acquiring energy storage developer-operators in the UK and Germany, Europe’s two largest markets by BESS deployments.
Masdar Arlington, RPC and TagEnergy progress UK BESS projects totalling 162MW
Masdar Arlington Energy, Renewable Power Capital and TagEnergy have broken ground on, acquired and financed projects UK battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 162MW of power.
Sungrow launching battery cell production as China’s BESS providers move upstream
Sungrow is launching in-house battery cell production for its battery energy storage system (BESS) products, part of a wider industry trend of other China-based companies doing the same.
