Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got people talking in the corridors of social media.
Our feed has been a little quieter than when we started the Buzz in late August, maybe just because that was in summer and everyone is now busy deploying projects (good!).
There’s still been some eye-catching stuff posted, particularly around data: BESS optimisation and curtailment in the UK, and revenue indexes and deal-making across Europe.
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Best optimiser in GB?
Which is the best battery optimiser in the GB market? Aurora Energy Research’s Richard Howard posted a fascinating infographic showcasing the firm’s data in the year up to September 2026. See it here.
Curtailment in the UK
Staying on infographics, Robin Hawkes, data visualisation at Octopus Energy, posted a 24-hour timelapse of the UK showing transmission constraints at its key boundaries. See it here.
GB and Germany lead deal-making across Europe, but very different flavours
Modo Energy analyst Cosima Sagmeister discussed grid-scale BESS dealmaking in Europe in the past quarter, and how Germany and GB lead the continent but with very different kinds of deals. See her post here.
European BESS indexes collated
Mark Böhmer, head of offtake & commercial asset management for owner-operator Delta Capacity has put together a BESS index of revenue indexes, so to speak. It shows the average revenues in Germany, Spain and Belgium. See his post here.
100MW/1GWh CO2 energy storage project online in China
A gigawatt-hour energy storage project using CO2 battery technology has gone online in China, posted about by the technology firm Exa Energy’s founder and chairman Tom Xiao. We will be looking more into this, and how it compares to Energy Dome’s tech, soon. See his post here.
Volkswagen’s future
Should VW just stop making cars and build batteries and data centres instead? That’s a question asked by Philipp Mann, CEO of German virtual BESS tolling platform Terralayr. It’s intentionally a bit of a clickbait question, but an interesting one. See his post here.
