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.
Sweden: Ingrid Capacity launches ‘Nordics’ largest BESS’, Flower raises €45 million
A double header of news from Sweden, with BESS developer-operator Ingrid Capacity launching what it claimed is the largest project in the Nordics, and optimiser Flower completing a Series A.
Rolwind claims first EIA approval for standalone, 800MWh BESS in Spain
Developer Rolwind has won a favourable environmental impact assessment (EIA) result for a 200MW/800MWh BESS in Spain, the first standalone one to do so and the largest in the country, it claimed.
BW ESS and Ingrid Capacity put 211MW Sweden portfolio into operation
Developer and optimiser Ingrid Capacity and investor BW ESS have commissioned a 211MW/211MWh BESS portfolio in Sweden, the largest in the Nordics, they claimed.
Aquila and MW storage launch Finland BESS projects
Aquila Clean Energy has launched construction on a 50MW BESS in Finland, while MW Storage has launched two new projects in the country.
UK loses 1.4GW of power in interconnector trip, battery storage keeps lights on
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) from several firms helped the energy system recover after the NSL interconnector, which connects the UK and Norway, suddenly stopped exporting power to the UK.
