BW ESS, ACL expand Italy BESS drive to 2.9GW, targeting capacity market in the North and MACSE in the South
BESS owner-operator BW ESS and developer ACL Energy have expanded their development pipeline in Italy to 2.9GW.
Infra investor Avadis launching Switzerland’s largest BESS project, for 2027 energisation
Avadis Investment Foundation is buying a BESS project in Switzerland which could be the country’s largest when it is scheduled to come online in 2027.
Cyprus confirms €35 million ‘investment support’ scheme for renewables with energy storage
The government of Cyprus has confirmed financial support will be made available for renewable energy projects paired with energy storage.
Deutsche Bahn, Iqony and Fluence partner on 4-hour, PPA-tied Germany BESS
Steag subsidiary Iqony and Fluence will deploy a 50MW/200MWh BESS project in Germany, part of which will be contracted under a PPA with train network operator Deutsche Bahn.
Scottish first minister welcomes Highview Power’s 2.5GWh ‘world’s largest’ liquid air LDES project
Highview Power has revealed its second planned long-duration energy storage (LDES) project using its liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology, in Scotland, UK.
United Bankers fund buys 30MW/60MWh Finland BESS project from AmpTank
UB Renewable Energy Fund (AIF) has acquired a 30MW/60MWh BESS project in Finland on which it will start construction in Spring 2025.
Italy to hold first MACSE energy storage capacity auctions in H1 2025
Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto has signed a decree allowing Italy to proceed with its energy storage capacity market auction, known as MACSE, in the first half of 2025.
EU Roundup: Alfen, Sermatec projects in Sweden and Bulgaria, ‘flexibility as a service’ startup raises €77 million for German expansion
A roundup of news from Europe, with Alfen and Sermatec deploying BESS projects in Sweden and Bulgaria and new firm terralyr raising €77 million for project development and operation, starting in Germany.
Low Carbon sells 6GW Dutch BESS portfolio to S4 Energy
Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) subsidiary S4 Energy has acquired Netherlands BESS development platform LC Energy, and its 6GW pipeline of projects, from developer Low Carbon.
UK BESS project approvals for ILI, Aukera, Apatura, Lightsource bp and data centre
A roundup of news from the UK BESS market, with developers ILI, Aukera, and Apatura having projects achieve planning permission, along with IPP Lightsource bp and a data centre in Wales, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.
