Developer Kyon Energy has claimed the largest approved BESS in Europe for a 275MWh project in Germany, just as regulators extend grid fee exemptions for energy storage by three years to 2029.

Germany-based EV charging and BESS integrator ADS-TEC has installed eight units comprising a 20MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sweden.

New-build battery storage projects from three developers totalling 357MW awarded contracts in Belgium’s latest capacity market auction.

National Grid is set to accelerate the connection of up to 10GW of battery energy storage projects in England and Wales.

Pacific Green has secured £123.5 million (US$153 million) facility to support construction of its 1.5-hour, 249MW/373.5MWh BESS in Kent, UK.

Developer Altea Green Power has started building four battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy totalling 1GW of capacity.

The renewable energy IPP arm of UK utility SSE is to start building a 320MW/640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), which could be the largest under-construction in the country.

NHOA Energy has gone from 111MWh of capacity online as of the end of Q3 2022, to a cumulative 535MWh at the end of the same quarter this year.

Power technology firm Wärtsilä has initiated a strategic review of its energy storage and optimisation (ES&O) business, with “all potential alternatives considered” including divestment.