The intentions of battery storage developers and operators from the UK in Poland and CEE are ‘not very concrete’ with most just ‘getting a feel’ for what’s out there, sources said. 

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has put a 380MW solar PV, 255MWh battery storage project into commercial operation in the ERCOT, Texas market.

Only half of the energy storage needed to properly integrate the potential solar PV additions globally by 2030 will be deployed based on current policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its World Energy Outlook report for 2023.

California now has 6.6GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) online, while Gore Street has secured US$60 million in financing for its 400MWh project in the state.

Battery storage developer and operator Spearmint Energy has closed a US$92 million tax equity investment into a battery storage project in the ERCOT, Texas market.

Developer Kyon Energy has secured construction approval for a 2-hour large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Germany-headquartered organic flow battery company CMBlu has secured €100 million (US$107 million) from technology and construction firm Strabag.

Renewable energy developer and operator Innergex has inaugurated a 50MW/250MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a solar PV plant in Chile.

Company valuations and developer premiums for project sales have come down in the UK market amidst rising financing costs and plummeting revenues.

Developer Solvent Energy is talking to investment bankers with a view to selling some of a 2GW portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in ERCOT, Texas.