Finland is the Nordic region’s most-talked-about market for the moment, with project deals and other battery storage development activity from local and international players.  

We chat to Stephan Lehrke, head of Germany at Second Foundation, a Czech Republic-headquartered energy asset trading firm which is becoming an owner-operator of BESS.

Energy trading firm Second Foundation is building three grid-scale BESS projects in the Czech Republic totalling 307MW this year, with the technology provided by local firm Gaz Energy.

How should developers and investors think about long-term BESS revenues in light of eventual market saturation?

BESS platform Ingrid Capacity has received construction permits for two projects in Sweden’s SE4 electricity region which it said could start construction as early as this year.

What are the merchant opportunities in Germany, where there are almost no capacity schemes or subsidies for energy storage? A panel of expert speakers discussed the opportunities in Europe’s largest energy market on the panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February.

European battery storage optimisers Entrix and GridBeyond, have between them raised €55 million (US$63.22 million) in financing from investors.

A subsidiary of Juniper Green Energy has fully brought into commercial operation what the company claimed is India’s first merchant BESS project.

Fortescue’s battery intelligence platform has acquired analytics provider Zitara, and Drax has agreed to acquire optimiser Flexitricity.

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