Northland Power has closed financing on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Poland.

Fu-Gen has sold a 100MW ready-to-build battery storage project in Finland to Nala Renewables, extending their Nordic BESS pipeline to 275MW.

Gotion and Volkswagen AG will establish three joint ventures to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and battery materials in Valencia (Spain), Surany (Slovakia), and Kenitra (Morocco).

In this news roundup, Metlen inaugurates a 75MWh BESS in Italy, PNE and Enercon develop a wind and storage project in Germany, and Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic BESS from Ingrid Capacity.

Trade body Energy Storage Europe has called for significant reforms to the European Union’s (EU’s) cybersecurity framework for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

During the Battery & Energy Storage Tech Expo in Barcelona, Spain, Energy-storage.news spoke with Ken Davies, chief commercial officer at Digital Product Passport (DPP) provider DigiProd Pass and conference program director of the event, about the upcoming implementation of the EU Battery Passport.

Covenergo and Delta Capacity have begun construction on AKKU One, a standalone 125MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lapinlahti, Finland, with commissioning targeted for the fourth quarter of 2027.

Zelestra and steelmaker Salzgitter Flachstahl have signed a PPA for a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Germany.

Utility and power firms Axpo and energieUri have commissioned two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Gurtnellen, Canton Uri.

Second-life battery energy storage system (BESS) firms B2U, Moment and Rebaba are advancing project operations in Texas, US compliance, and new financing in Europe, respectively.