Three years after the EU Batteries Regulation (EUBR) entered into force, it is becoming easier to separate regulatory expectations from measurable market impacts, writes patent lawyer Chloe Flower.
We hear from Nikhil Koppaka, senior commercial manager for BESS owner-operator BW ESS on the big opportunities and challenges in Germany’s grid-scale energy storage market.
BESS owner-operator Return has signed a long-term toll with power firm Vattenfall for its 200MW/800MWh Sirius BESS project in the Netherlands, concurrent with financial close.
A roundup of large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects being financed, acquired or contracted in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland and Romania.
A trio of BESS updates in Germany from power firm Alpiq, CATL-backed system integrator CNTE and virtual tolling platform Terralayr, totalling around 260MW of operational capacity.
If BESS are to be given restricted grid access, they should be given a commensurate reduction in the BKZ fee, Marie-Sophie Braun, head of markets & regulatory affairs for developer Kyon Energy, said.
US lithium-sulphur battery company Lyten is aiming to acquire another of Europe’s failed homegrown battery startups, Norway’s Morrow Batteries, which went into bankruptcy earlier this year.
