BESS has huge potential to be deployed alongside AI data centres, but how are industry players positioning themselves to capture this opportunity?

Spain has awarded €165 million to seven pumped hydro storage projects totalling around 2.1GW/21GWh, while Portugal has set a target of 1.4GW of new pumped hydro capacity by 2040.

We caught up with Michael Koller, Solutions Director for Europe and the UK with Envision Energy, at this year’s Smarter E Europe trade show in Munich. 

Activity in Italy’s grid-scale market is accelerating, with Sonnedix and the Strioga Family Foundation acquiring projects totalling over 1GWh combined, while BNZ and RWE have ordered BESS from Sungrow and LONGi respectively totalling 540MWh.

SINEXCEL’s Luke Lu discusses grid-forming power conversion systems, noise constraints and O&M as the company builds its presence in Europe.

With the Energy Storage Awards 2026 entry deadline less than two months away, we speak to four judges to hear what they are looking for from successful entrants.

Delta Capacity has brought online the Nordic region’s biggest project to date and has acquired another project that would be almost twice the size.

BESS deployments in Europe are growing exponentially year-on-year, but is asset management, operations & maintenance (O&M) and data given enough priority? A data executive from BayWa r.e. discussed the topic.

Return and Engie have agreed a long-term BESS toll in Spain while EnBW and Zelestra have finalised one in Italy, totalling 55MW and 300MW of capacity respectively.

Energy companies are accelerating battery storage deployment in Romania, with Aukera, ENEVO Group and Kraftfeld Energy, and PPC Renewables Romania announcing significant project developments.