The ten most-read news stories on Energy-Storage.news in 2023, another fascinating year of technologies, markets, regulation and policy.

The European Union (EU) Commission has approved a state aid scheme aiming to fund the rollout of over 9GW/71GWh of energy storage in Italy.

A 100MW battery storage project in the UK connected to National Grid’s transmission network has gone online, developed by Pacific Green on the former site of a coal plant.

Norwegian power company Statkraft has agreed to acquire a 450MW pumped storage hydro project being developed near Loch Ness in Scotland, UK.

Developer-operator SemperPower has brought online its second large-scale BESS in the Netherlands in the space of a month, a 68MWh system, the largest in the country.

UK-based utility and IPP Octopus Energy has entered the energy storage market in Italy, forming a joint venture (JV) with developer Nexta Capital to deploy up to 1.5GW of BESS.

UK’s electricity system operator, National Grid ESO (ESO) this week (12 December) launched the first stage of its Open Balancing Platform.

The Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s results for the first half of its financial year have demonstrated the benefits of its internationalisation strategy, though its net asset value (NAV) per share fell slightly.

The optimiser holds the keys to your battery storage asset, so it’s important to ask the right questions, says Jürgen Pfalzer of enspired.

Two startups presenting gravity-based energy storage technologies for commercialisation have signed partnerships with major players in engineering and mining.