Spanish developer and independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has reached financial close for its hybrid 1GWh BESS and solar PV plant in Chile.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Giga Storage has acquired a 350MW/1,400MWh BESS asset in Germany, marking an expansion into the broader European energy storage market.

IPP MET Group has put a 40M/80MWh BESS in Hungary into commercial operation, deployed using technology from Huawei.

IPP R.Power Renewables will launch construction on large-scale BESS projects in Romania and Poland in the second half of this year, while Electrica is procuring EPC works for its own BESS project.

IPP Econergy has entered the energy storage market in Germany with two BESS project acquisitions totalling 100MW/200MWh of capacity.

Terralayr has made headlines recently with its BESS aggregation tolling platform, executing long-term tolls in Germany with big power firms RWE and Vattenfall, but how unique are these deals in reality?

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started commercial operations of its 48MW/264MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) Capricornio project in the northern region of Antofagasta, Chile.

Owner-operator Eco Stor has connected what it claimed is the largest BESS in Germany to the grid, while its former majority owner is going to build a BESS in Finland.

A few months on from the high-profile fire, experts Geoffrey Lehv, Ross Kiddie, and Mark Mirek discuss the evolution of BESS insurance.