‘Terna is the big winner’: Taking stock of Italy’s MACSE auction
We gather the industry reaction to the MACSE auction in Italy, which saw TSO Terna procure 10GWh of long-term capacity at what most agreed are extremely low prices.
Price falls have enabled ‘zero-capex’ co-located BESS business model in Spain, company says
New company Lunas Energy has launched an offer for solar PV plant operators in Spain to deploy BESS on their land, as the sector struggles with curtailment and negative pricing.
EU Roundup: Big BESS project news in Greece, Germany, Romania and Portugal
A roundup of large-scale European BESS project news, with Principia completing a project in Greece, Repono buying one in Romania, Kyon choosing optimisers for two in Germany and Voltalia and NGEN targeting Portugal.
Energy Storage Awards 2025: Shortlists revealed for celebration of industry’s best and brightest
Leading energy storage technology companies, developers, operators and outstanding individuals are featured on the shortlists for this year’s Energy Storage Awards (ESAs).
Germany and Netherlands BESS action from cross-border operators Eneco, Giga and Return
A flurry of BESS news from companies operating across Germany and the Netherlands, with utility Lichtblick launching construction on a 470MWh project in Saxony, Giga Storage inaugurating a project in Amsterdam, and cross-border BESS platform Return raising €300 million.
Naturgy launches construction on first portion of ten-site, 160MW BESS portfolio in Spain
Utility and power firm Naturgy has started building its first BESS projects in Spain, at four solar PV plants in Almeria and the Canary Islands.
EASE rebrands as Energy Storage Europe Association for era of ‘unprecedented growth’
European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), which represents 70 member organisations across the industry value chain, has undergone a rebrand.
State government, project partners inaugurate Germany’s first utility-scale grid-forming BESS
The first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-forming capabilities in Germany was inaugurated a few days ago.
BESS projects totalling over 1.5GWh progress in Bulgaria, Romania, Finland and Greece
A flurry of grid-scale BESS project progress totalling more than a combined 1.5GWh in the past week, from Renalfa in Bulgaria, Engie in Romania, Nala Renewables in Finland and Metlen in Greece.
Germany BESS platform Terra One: ‘The delta between merchant and tolling is big’
We catch up with the CFO and co-founder of German BESS own-operate platform Terra One, after its €150 million (US$173 million) mezzanine financing to scale up in Europe’s hottest energy storage market.
