Following similar pieces the last two years, we look at the biggest energy storage projects, lithium and non-lithium, that we’ve reported on in 2024.

Dispatch has begun construction on a 45MW/90MWh battery storage project in the Netherlands, with Macquarie among its backers.

A double header of news from Sweden, with BESS developer-operator Ingrid Capacity launching what it claimed is the largest project in the Nordics, and optimiser Flower completing a Series A.

Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) subsidiary S4 Energy has acquired Netherlands BESS development platform LC Energy, and its 6GW pipeline of projects, from developer Low Carbon.

Aquila Clean Energy has launched construction on a 50MW BESS in Finland, while MW Storage has launched two new projects in the country.

The EU could save €9 billion a year in gas costs by deploying BESS to capture excess wind and solar, according to think tank Ember.

News from the Nordics and the Baltics, with BESS projects launched in Sweden, Denmark and Latvia by Centrica, Nordic Solar and Niam Infrastructure and Evecon.

Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of system integrator Fluence.

Germany-headquartered utility and IPP RWE will build a 7.5MW/11MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands with grid-forming inertia capabilities.