The EU has today (23 November) launched a grant funding opportunity worth €4 billion (US$4.4 billion) for upstream and downstream clean energy projects, including energy storage.

UK battery storage and flexible generation developer-operator Statera Energy has secured a £300 million (US$375 million) financing package for its Thurrock project, its first news since being bought by investor EQT.

Energy storage could save taxpayers in Germany some €3 billion (US$3.3 billion) in subsidies for renewable energy assets by 2037, simply by increasing demand in the wholesale electricity market.

Gigafactory company Northvolt and sodium-ion battery technology firm Altris have together revealed a battery with an energy density of 160Wh/kg, designed for energy storage systems.

Bids have been received by Latvia’s grid operator AST for an 80MW/160MWh BESS project while developers Corsica Sole and Everon will build a 200MW system in Estonia, as the Baltic region prepares to decouple from Russia’s electricity system in 2025.

Energy storage developer Pacific Green has entered the market in Italy, acquiring a 500MW portfolio of BESS projects from developer Sphera Energy Srl which could have a duration of up to six hours.

Another substantial development agreement for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy has been struck, this time between solar and storage installer Lemon Sistemi and investor Volt ESG.

We caught up with Birger Steen, CEO of lithium-ion gigafactory company Freyr Battery, about its recent decision to minimise European investments in light of the Inflation Reduction Act, discussing a potential policy response and its approach to ESS and using conventional technologies.

Investor EQT Infrastructure has acquired UK clean energy and battery storage developer-operator Statera, the latest in a flurry of deals in the UK market.