Giga Storage acquires 1,400MWh battery storage project in Germany
Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Giga Storage has acquired a 350MW/1,400MWh BESS asset in Germany, marking an expansion into the broader European energy storage market.
Dais and Electric Land partner to deploy 4GW of BESS in Germany
BESS developer-operator Dais Energy Ventures and investor Electric Land have announced a joint venture (JV) to develop, build and operate 4GW of BESS projects in Germany.
BW ESS and Ibersun launch 2.2GW Spain BESS JV
Owner-operator BW ESS and developer Ibersun have entered into a partnership to develop and deploy 2.2GW of BESS projects in Spain.
Envision to deploy 240MWh France BESS near AESC gigafactory
Lithium-ion OEM Envision Energy will deploy a 120MW/240MWh BESS in France for IPP Kallista Energy, using LFP battery cells from gigafactory subsidiary AESC, which has a gigafactory nearby.
MET Group inaugurates Hungary’s largest BESS with Huawei technology
IPP MET Group has put a 40M/80MWh BESS in Hungary into commercial operation, deployed using technology from Huawei.
IPS talks ‘first cell-to-system’ BESS manufacturing facility in Europe
We caught up with the CEO of Bulgaria-based International Power Supply (IPS) to discuss its claimed first mass-scale cell-to-system BESS manufacturing facility in Europe and its ultra-high density 20-foot product.
Ilmatar, Nuveen inaugurate 30MW wind co-located BESS in Finland
Developer Ilmatar and investor Nuveen Infrastructure have put a 30MW/41MWh BESS in northern Finland into commercial operation.
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.
