Foresight Group has acquired the 100MW/400MWh Nivala BESS via its Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II (FEIP II) fund.

A roundup of large-scale BESS news from in and around the Nordic region, with Sweden-based Flower building a project in Germany, Volvo launching one in Sweden and Delta Capacity securing a toll for one in Finland. 

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.

UK energy major Centrica has activated two BESS totalling 40MW in Borlänge, Sweden, expanding its European portfolio to more than 770MW.

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.

A roundup of battery storage news in the UK, with projects from Centrica, Pulse Clean Energy, Habitat Energy and Gore Street, as the country’s operational capacity reaches over 3GW.

Netherlands-based Alfen is deploying a two-hour-plus battery energy storage system (BESS) for Centrica Business Solutions in Belgium, the latter’s first outside the UK.

UK Infrastructure Bank plans to invest up to £265 million (US$331.45 million) in energy storage development in the UK, in partnership with British Gas owner Centrica Plc.

Centrica to repurpose a former gas-fired power plant to include 28MW BESS and potential to develop off-grid hydrogen production and solar.

Centrica Business Solutions will convert a decommissioned gas-fired power station in England into a 100MWh battery storage facility.