This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

We are pleased to announce that we’re now working on the 2027 edition of the Energy Storage Report, our annual publication looking at the big trends shaping the industry. 

EDF Power Solutions has put a 150MW/600MWh BESS in Belgium into commercial operation while Engie has started building a 74MW/296MWh project. 

As the battery storage industry matures through competition and scale, a significant push for efficiency is coming, writes Dr Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO and co-founder of ACCURE Battery Intelligence.

Aukera has closed a €460 million (US$534.23 million) structured credit facility to advance its project pipeline in five European markets.

BLUETTI, a technology pioneer in clean energy, today unveiled a new portfolio of products and intelligent energy solutions at IFA 2026.

Inertia could provide a strong boost to BESS project returns in Germany, but operators are still waiting for the first prequalified inverters.

Bulgaria now has a world-leading amount of battery storage capacity relative to energy system despite a period of political turnover, although those assets are now cannibalising the revenues which attracted investment in the first place.

The European Commission’s late approval of Germany’s capacity market auctions leaves no room for public scrutiny, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth.

Power generator LEAG and its turnkey BESS construction partner HyperStrong have started building a 400MW/1,600MWh project in Germany, while Sunotec has done the same on a 441MWh project.