Germany and Spain are among the energy storage markets of Europe that clients are most keen to learn more about, according to Wood Mackenzie analyst Anna Darmani.

Sungrow tells Energy-Storage.news that it does not currently have plans to launch its own lithium-ion battery cell production for battery energy storage system (BESS) products, a route being taken by other China-based system integrators. 

Rimac Energy is deploying its first pilot projects after announcing its entry into the energy storage system (ESS) market one year ago, and we caught up with its head of business development while at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London.

US$150 million has been raised in a Series B by Antora Energy, a US-based startup with a novel ‘thermal battery’ technology claimed to be suitable for decarbonising industrial processes.

Last week’s T-1 Capacity Market auction in the UK cleared at a slightly higher price than expected, and battery storage developers that successfully took part were the auction’s “big winners,” according to one analyst.

A microgrid project combining solar PV, wind and a 10MWh flow battery in Germany has been completed by BayWa r.e., Ampt and Fraunhofer.

Turkey-headquartered lithium-ion and energy storage manufacturer Kontrolmatik Technologies will deploy a 1GWh energy storage project on home soil with financing provided by Chinese energy firm Harbin Electric.

Results of the 18th Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) held by ISO New England have been filed, with energy storage’s participation having soared in recent years.

Sunrun has published its 2023 full-year results, revealing the company deployed 1.01GW of new solar in the year.

The largest battery storage facility in India is now online and was visited last week by the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.