Digital BESS services M&A: Quinbrook sells optimiser Flexitricity, Fortescue’s analytics provider buys Zitara
Fortescue’s battery intelligence platform has acquired analytics provider Zitara, and Drax has agreed to acquire optimiser Flexitricity.
UK’s Gore Street closes European battery storage fund, sees ‘improved economics of LDES’
Gore Street Capital has completed a first close for its GS EU Fund SCSp, which will target battery storage investments mainly in the European Union.
Long-duration energy storage costs declining, European policymakers urged to make ‘strategic choice’
The costs of certain long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are expected to decline by around 37% on average by 2030, according to a new study.
Over 2GWh of Europe BESS completed, financed and transacted in past week
Another roundup of European grid-scale BESS project news, led by MORE and Zenobe putting Greece and UK projects into operation, and major project financings/construction starts by Acacia in France, Greenvolt in Hungary and Eco Stor in Germany.
German BESS flexibility platform and operator Terralayr raises €192 million
Virtual BESS tolling platform startup Terralayr has raised €192 million (US$223 million), primarily for its own build-own-operate BESS pipeline. CEO Philipp Man spoke to Energy-Storage.news about the funding round and growing its capacity virtualisation and tolling platform.
Year in Review: Flexibility is more valuable than ever, says Fluence
Fluence senior VP and chief enterprise operations officer Roman Loosen explains how 2025 saw energy storage go from “important” to “essential.”
Neoen and French TSO to trial grid-forming services with retrofitted BESS
IPP Neoen will provide Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) with grid-forming function from a BESS project in Brittany, France.
505MWh BESS commissioned in Bulgaria, 2.2GWh progressed elsewhere in Europe
Another busy week of large-scale BESS project news across Europe, led by CountourGlobal putting a 202MW/505MWh BESS into commercial operation in Bulgaria.
Another record-breaking year for UK battery storage as 4GWh comes online
The UK grid-scale battery storage market grew 45% in 2025, with 4GWh coming online during the year, bringing total operational capacity to 12.9GWh.
Germany grants €46 million for sodium-chloride solid-state battery factory
Australia-based battery technology firm Altech Batteries has received a binding conditional funding approval for a sodium-chloride solid-state battery manufacturing facility in Germany.
