EASE guide ‘serves as blueprint for safe deployment of BESS across Europe’
European energy storage trade association EASE has recommended the harmonisation of international standards for battery storage safety.

European energy storage trade association EASE has recommended the harmonisation of international standards for battery storage safety.
Europe breaking battery storage deployment records, but more still needs to be done to accelerate uptake, according to SolarPower Europe.
The pipeline of grid-scale BESS projects with planning approval in the UK has now reached 58,270MW/121,645MWh in capacity.
System integrator Intilion will provide 81MWh of its BESS technology for a project in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will divest a 50% ownership stake in its 500MW Coalburn 1 BESS to alternative investor AXA IM Alts.
Investor NTR has picked system integrator Fluence for a 55MW/110MWh BESS project in Finland, with grid forming capabilities.
Owner-operators BW ESS and Ingrid Capacity have secured a SEK628 million (US$65 million) green loan financing from Nordea Bank for a jointly-owned 211MW portfolio in Sweden.
Investor Return has started construction on a 100MW/200MWh BESS project in the Netherlands, with energy storage technology supplied by system integrator Alfen and power company Vattenfall enlisted as long-term offtaker.
Solar Media will host a panel discussion on European manufacturing at this year’s Intersolar Europe event, at the company’s stand on 7 May.
Energy storage owner-operator BW ESS and Zelos Energy Developments have announced a 1.5GW pipeline of BESS projects in Germany, aiming for ready-to-build (RTB) status over the next two years.