Aed Energy Secures Investment to Scale Long-Duration Storage Across MENA

Aed Energy has secured investment from Catalyst, the Masdar City–bp backed accelerator focused on scaling climate technologies across the Middle East and beyond. The...

National Grid DSO sees flex market assets double

Major strides have been made over the past year by National Grid Distribution System Operator (DSO) to increase the scale of its flexibility markets. More...

UK could save 16 gas plants worth of energy if consumers were able to...

The UK risks missing its 2030 clean power target unless households and businesses are empowered to be more flexible about how and when they...

AcegasApsAmga leverages Siemens’ Gridscale X to build digital twin of Trieste’s energy grid

Italian DSO, AcegasApsAmga, announces the commencement of a project utilising Siemens’ Gridscale X technology to enable full situational awareness of the power grid of...

Helping customers accelerate battery decisions in 2025

The Voltt, About:Energy’s database of commercial battery models, now features over 30 high-performance cells across a range of formats and chemistries from industry leaders...

ABB introduces Battery Energy Storage Systems-as-a-Service to simplify renewable energy adoption

ABB today announced the launch of its new Battery Energy Storage Systems-as-a-Service (BESS-as-a-Service) – a flexible, zero-CapEx solution designed to accelerate the shift to clean,...

Balance Power secures planning approval for 30MW Rochdale battery storage project

Balance Power, a leading independent energy developer, has secured planning approval for its 30MW battery storage project in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The facility will support...

Being open, adaptable and collaborative will be key to our delivery as flexibility market...

By Peter Stanley, Elexon Chief Executive From December 2025, Elexon begins operations as the market facilitator for electricity flexibility. There are more than 20 national...

GridBeyond and ABB deepen their strategic partnership to power BESS-as-a-Service

GridBeyond and ABB are announcing a strategic partnership, to deliver ABB’s newly launched Battery Energy Storage Systems-as-a-Service (BESS-as-a-Service) offering. This partnership, which follows ABB’s strategic...

Apatura secures planning permission for new 100MW battery energy storage system in Kilwinning

Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission for a new 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) near the town of Kilwinning in...

BayWa r.e. completes sale of its largest battery storage project in Europe

BayWa r.e. and its Dutch subsidiary, GroenLeven, have completed the sale of a large-scale battery storage project in the Northern region of the Netherlands...

Balance Power secures planning approval for 29.9MW Coylton battery storage project

Independent energy developer Balance Power today announces planning approval for its 29.9MW battery storage project in Coylton, East Ayrshire.  The project will store renewable energy...

ENGIE and CDPQ to invest up to £1bn in UK pumped storage hydro assets

The preparation of a 10-year project of refurbishment at ENGIE’s Dinorwig pumped storage station has begun, following an 8-year refurbishment at Ffestiniog, enabling the...

Eku Energy secures £145 million in funding for new battery storage projects

Eku Energy has secured more than £45 million in debt financing from NatWest Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to construct a new...

Connected Energy and Forsee Power to develop grid-scale energy storage using second life batteries...

Connected Energy and Forsee Power have signed a Partnership Agreement to jointly design and develop a modular, scalable energy storage solution. This will combine...

The truth behind second-life batteries: Why reuse Is lagging behind

The global push for renewable energy and electrification is driving an unprecedented production of lithium-ion batteries. Approximately ten to fifteen percent of new batteries remain unused in their...

Is the LDES Cap and Floor scheme jeopardising the UK’s battery ambitions?

The Cap and Floor scheme for Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES), introduced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and regulated...

Europe’s largest energy industry event 7-9th May at Messe München

Renewable electricity is the new standard – in Germany, it made up around 60% of net power generation in 2024. But this increase in...

UKPN’s DSO boosts local and national flexibility through Day-Ahead market 

UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator’s Day-Ahead Flexibility Market has delivered 4.4 GWh in a year – enough to power over 15,500 homes for...

E.ON and Superdielectrics collaborate to develop British energy storage solution

E.ON and Superdielectrics, a Cambridge-based energy storage technology company, have announced they have entered into a wide-ranging collaboration agreement to promote and develop the...