Sungrow and ENGIE complete first 400MWh of Europe’s largest battery storage project

Sungrow, leading PV inverter and energy storage system (ESS) provider, today announced the successful grid connection of the first 400MWh of ENGIE’s 200MW/800MWh battery...

Volvo selected for mobile and industrial energy storage in Asia-Pacific

Taiwan-based SEETEL New Energy has chosen Volvo Penta’s battery systems for energy storage to power its mobile fast-charging solutions in Asia Pacific with applications...

Greenvolt sells a 112MW energy storage project in Poland to DRI

Greenvolt Power has concluded an agreement for the sale of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Kozienice, Poland. The project, with a capacity...

EDF to optimise Verdant Energy’s solar and battery portfolio

EDF has signed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) optimisation and Contract for Difference (CfD) Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Verdant Energy, a co-located solar...

Super battery projects enter final Ofgem assessment stage

Ofgem is today (Tuesday 23 September) confirming the 77 projects entering the final assessment stage of a government-driven ‘super battery’ support scheme designed to...

Cost savings and control are decisive in willingness to use energy flexibility services

The rapid rise of electric vehicles, heat pumps, photovoltaic systems and batteries is driving the energy transition forward. To unlock their full potential, home...

€14 million in pre-seed funding for redox flow technology

Swiss startup Unbound Potential has completed a pre-seed financing round of €14.4 million. This high level of funding at such an early stage of...

National Grid DSO launches largest long-term flexibility tender

The flexibility market operated by National Grid’s Distribution System Operator (DSO) is entering a transformative new phase with the launch of its most ambitious...

From backup to business-critical: The rise of battery packs in resilience planning

By Alex Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer, Alexander Battery Technologies When Spain and Portugal were hit by a peninsula-wide blackout in April 2025, a widescale crisis...

EDF signs long-term optimisation deal with Fidra Energy for UK’s largest battery storage project

EDF has agreed a partnership with Fidra Energy, backed by EIG, to manage and optimise two large battery storage units at the Thorpe Marsh...

Connected Energy in major French second life BESS project

Connected Energy has secured grid connection for one of Europe's largest second-life battery energy storage deployments, marking the UK company's expansion into the French...

RheEnergise to start LDES operations at Cornwood in the autumn

RheEnergise, the UK company that is developing a new and advanced form of long-duration hydro-energy storage system, has completed the main mechanical works at...

11% fuel reduction for marine energy storage system

Atlantic Towing has achieved a major milestone in its decarbonisation journey with the successful retrofit of the Atlantic Shrike. Equipped with Vard Electro’s SeaQ...

Zenobē acquires battery storage site in Carlisle from Innova

Zenobē, a leading UK owner and operator of grid-scale battery storage, today announced the acquisition of a 400MW ready-to-build battery energy storage system (BESS)...

NatPower to build UK’s largest battery storage project

NatPower UK has secured an agreement with Sembcorp Utilities (UK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Energy UK, for a 32-acre site at Wilton International...

BayWa r.e. secures planning consent for its largest battery energy storage project in Europe

BayWa r.e. has received Section 36 planning consent for its flagship 500MW Redshaw Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Being its...

Mitie and Elements Green break ground at Staythorpe BESS

Mitie Power & Grid and Elements Green gathered to ‘break ground’ today to mark construction having commenced on the Staythorpe Battery Energy Storage System...

Balance Power secures planning approval for 49.5MW Radwell Bury battery storage project

Balance Power has secured planning approval for its 49.5MW battery storage project in Radwell Bury, Hertfordshire. Designed to accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero,...

Apatura secures planning approval for 24MW battery storage project southwest of Glasgow

Renewable energy developer Apatura has received planning consent for a new grid-scale 24MW/48MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) on Parkhouse Road, near the town...

Flexibility and infrastructure together will power net zero

ADE: Demand has welcomed government plans for electricity bill cuts to thousands living near new pylons – but stresses that flexibility must be treated...