Denmark-headquartered investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has brought its 500MW, 2-hour duration Coalburn 1 battery energy storage system (BESS) into commercial operation.

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

What led Field to submitting, and winning, 16- to 18-hour BESS projects in the UK’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, and what are the next steps? We hear from the firm’s technical director.

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.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded €360 million (US$415 million) to 1.14GW of solar PV co-located with battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

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.

Elestor claims its hydrogen-iron flow battery delivers 75%+ round-trip efficiency, a 20-25 year lifespan, and 15€/kWh capex for long-duration storage. 

July was a busy month for large-scale battery storage activity in the UK, with Engie commissioning a system, Masdar and Fidra hitting financial close on projects, Eku Energy buying one, project consents for Aura Power and Starlight Energy, and more.

IPP Prosalia has commissioned a 15MW/60MWh battery storage system at a solar PV plant in Portugal, while power group EDP has added one to a hybrid wind and solar project in Spain.

The European Commission (EC) has approved a financial support scheme to accelerate the deployment of battery storage technologies in Slovenia.