Bulgaria’s NEK deploying BESS at hydropower plants
State-owned utility and power generation firm NEK is deploying BESS at its hydropower plants across Bulgaria.
Fluence lowers 2025 guidance due to ‘disappointing’ contract delays, competitive pressure
Fluence has reported a year-on-year fall in quarterly revenues and lowered its 2025 guidance but sees ‘robust’ global demand for battery storage.
Cyprus: Guidance issued for 150MW/350MWh energy storage support scheme
The government of Cyprus has published guidelines for a scheme to support the deployment of approximately 150MW/350MWh of energy storage.
First 4-hour BESS goes online in the Netherlands
BESS developer-operator S4 Energy has put a 4-hour duration project online in the Netherlands, the first in the country to become operational.
UK reaches 6GW/8GWh of operational BESS; nearly 20GWh under construction
Although last year saw a dip in installations and projects submitted for planning, the BESS market in the UK continues to steam ahead with over 8GWh online and nearly 20GWh being built.
Developers Fidra and Innova secure planning consent for two UK BESS, totalling over 5GWh
Developers Fidra Energy and Innova have secured planning consent for two large-scale BESS projects in the UK, which together total 2,425MW/5,150MWh of energy storage capacity.
BNEF: Bigger cell sizes, 5MWh containers among major BESS cost reduction drivers
A growing industry trend towards larger battery cell sizes and higher energy density containers is contributing significantly to falling battery energy storage system (BESS) costs.
CATL seeking US$44 million in overdue payments from Powin for battery shipments in 2022/23
CATL has filed a complaint in a US court against system integrator Powin for alleged non-payment of shipments of battery cells for BESS.
Portugal and Moldova progress BESS procurements with EU and USAID funds
Portugal has selected 43 winning BESS projects for a share of €100 million (US$105 million) in EU grants while, on the other side of Europe, Moldova has launched a 75MW BESS procurement with funding from USAID.
UK government considering non-firm grid access for energy storage as part of REMA
The UK government has not ruled out changing grid access rights for new energy storage projects as part of its REMA reforms, a potential move that consultancy AFRY and investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) discussed with Energy-Storage.news.
