Enel Green Power, part of the Italy-based power group Enel, has launched construction on another large-scale BESS in Chile. 

The grid-scale energy storage market in Germany is in a strong position but key questions around grid fees, grid connections, FCAs and the upcoming capacity market remain, speakers at the upcoming Energy Storage Summit Germany 2026 said. 

Independent power producer (IPP) Verano Energy has awarded the battery energy storage system (BESS) supply for its 152MW/606MWh Observatorio project to Sungrow.

Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached financial close of the La Esperanza Solar energy storage-plus-solar PV project in the state of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

This year has seen a shift in the financing environment for merchant BESS projects in Germany for the worse.

Serentica Renewables has commissioned the first phase of a battery storage project that will help deliver round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy in Rajasthan, India.

The German regulator BNetzA’s latest draft decision on grid fees from 4 August 2029 onwards still leaves uncertainty for energy storage project business cases.

IPP Zelestra has agreed a long-term toll for a 99MW/297MWh BESS project in Germany with the trading arm of UK-based power group Centrica.

Independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal has begun construction of its fourth large-scale solar PV and battery storage hybrid project in Chile.