Gotion and Volkswagen AG will establish three joint ventures to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and battery materials in Valencia (Spain), Surany (Slovakia), and Kenitra (Morocco).
Spain’s recent proposal for data centres could be the catalyst the country’s energy storage market has been waiting for, argues Ignacio López MartÃn from developer Capflex EnergÃa.
In this news roundup, Metlen inaugurates a 75MWh BESS in Italy, PNE and Enercon develop a wind and storage project in Germany, and Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic BESS from Ingrid Capacity.
Olga Sypula, VP and regional director for Central Europe at developer and IPP European Energy, shares her views on the key trends, opportunities and challenges across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) energy storage market.
Trade body Energy Storage Europe has called for significant reforms to the European Union’s (EU’s) cybersecurity framework for battery energy storage systems (BESS).