This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage features Engie, Econergy and Inion Software in Central and Eastern Europe.

Delta Capacity has brought online the Nordic region’s biggest project to date and has acquired another project that would be almost twice the size.

This edition of news in brief features portfolio acquisitions, project completions, a supply deal and investments across Europe.

A 582MWh battery storage project and a gigawatt-hour-scale thermal energy storage system are the latest big developments in the emerging Baltic region, north-eastern Europe.

A double header of Baltic BESS news, with financing secured for two large-scale BESS projects in Estonia and Lithuania’s capex support scheme oversubscribed by 2x.

IPPs Greenvolt and European Energy have finalised financial deals for solar-plus-storage projects in Denmark and Latvia, while Olana and Energix have enlisted optimisers for BESS projects in Lithuania and Poland, respectively.

Lithuania’s government will publish a call for applications tomorrow (10 October) for a scheme to support energy storage, which is deemed crucial to the country’s energy security.

The Baltics is among the most attractive regions in Europe for battery energy storage system (BESS) investment right now, with the recent decoupling from Russia and increasing renewable energy use sending flexibility needs soaring.

Ignitis Group and Olana Energy have progressed BESS projects in Lithuania closer to construction, with the order of equipment and final investment decision (FID) taken, respectively.

An EU-backed energy storage capex support scheme in Lithuania will support as much as 4,000MWh of battery storage, the Ministry of Energy has said.