A flurry of BESS project deployment news in Germany from Re.venture, Green Flexibility, EWE and Terra One, with the projects designed to relieve grid congestion and one configured for a 4-hour duration.

ESN Premium speaks to Matt Harper, president of flow battery company Invinity Energy Systems, about pursuing a competitive advantage in an emerging space.

Europe-based BESS optimisation and flexibility providers Sympower and Suena have completed Series B1 and A fundraisings respectively.

Residential and C&I energy storage provider Turbo Energy has secured a major order from an unnamed industrial group in the construction industry in Spain.

A proprietary explosion control system performed effectively in three recent safety tests conducted on Wärtsilä battery storage equipment.

Ignitis Group and Olana Energy have progressed BESS projects in Lithuania closer to construction, with the order of equipment and final investment decision (FID) taken, respectively.

Utility and power firms Axpo and energieUri will together deploy two BESS projects in Switzerland with technology provided by system integrator Fluence.

China again dominated global battery storage deployments in August, accounting for two-thirds of what came online, but Europe, North America and Oceania/Australia had good months too.

As hybridisation and changing grid and market conditions redefine the scope of asset performance management, renewables project services provider E3’s Anouk Hut looks at the growing importance of physics-based modelling and integrated digital infrastructure.

Dutch BESS operator Return has acquired four ready-to-build (RTB) projects in Germany, while agrifood tech and renewables investor N2OFF has added BESS to a solar project it is developing there.