RWE puts inertia-capable BESS into operation in Netherlands
Power generation firm RWE has put a BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, its first that is capable of providing inertia to the grid.
The dynamics of BESS and cell supplier relationships
The question of where the cells in a BESS are from ties in to safety, performance, design and, increasingly, potential tariffs.
Hithium starts manufacturing ‘world-first’ 1175Ah cell as industry ‘enters era of LDES’
Energy storage-focused lithium-ion OEM Hithium has started mass production of the world’s first 1,000Ah+ battery cell, which it is targeting for long-duration energy storage (LDES) applications.
Terralayr on its tolling deals with Vattenfall and RWE in Germany
Terralayr has made headlines recently with its BESS aggregation tolling platform, executing long-term tolls in Germany with big power firms RWE and Vattenfall, but how unique are these deals in reality?
China dominates May global deployments with 11.2GWh, including 1GWh flow battery
China continues to dominate BESS deployments globally with 4.3GW/11.2GWh of deployments in May, including a 1GWh flow battery system.
Acacia, Green Tower and Eren Industries to deploy 500MW of standalone BESS in France
Developers Acacia, Green Tower and Eren Industries have partnered to develop and build 500MW of standalone BESS in France.
Eco Stor puts largest BESS in Germany online, former majority owner building Finland project
Owner-operator Eco Stor has connected what it claimed is the largest BESS in Germany to the grid, while its former majority owner is going to build a BESS in Finland.
Entrix to optimise MEAG’s 231MWh fully-merchant Germany BESS
Asset manager MEAG has acquired a 92.5MW/231MWh BESS in Germany, fully merchant-financed, which optimiser Entrix will trade in the electricity market.
‘It is not technology-agnostic’: Will Capacity Market in Germany help or hurt BESS?
The Capacity Market (CM) in Germany will offer a new potential revenue stream for BESS, but not all developers and owner-operators are convinced.
Ukraine’s state savings bank leads financing for 180MW of battery storage
A consortium of lenders, including state-owned bank Oschadbank, has agreed to Ukraine’s biggest financing for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects to date.
