There is a “healthy pipeline of projects in development” across Europe’s energy storage sector, but the technologies are as yet “significantly underutilised” below their potential.

The low prices and strict operational requirements in Italy’s recent MACSE auction for BESS have brought asset management and operational execution into the spotlight.

We hear from the co-founder and CEO of optimiser Suena Energy Dr. Lennard Wilkening about the evolution of BESS asset management in Europe, including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).

The EU Batteries Regulation came into force in 2023, but its various stipulations become law over the next several years. What does it mean for Europe’s BESS developers, operators and suppliers?

The low level of the MACSE tariffs in Italy took everyone by surprise and will require careful asset management, but their relative value and those of the capacity market (CM) should increase over time. 

New wholesale electricity market rules have been introduced in Ireland, designed to allow battery storage assets to participate directly.

The low-carbon subsidiary of German energy company LEAG is constructing Europe’s largest single-site battery storage project, in partnership with Fluence.

Leading energy storage technology companies, developers, operators and outstanding individuals are featured on the shortlists for this year’s Energy Storage Awards (ESAs).

Thermal energy storage (TES) technology company Kyoto Group’s latest project will displace the use of natural gas at a corn processing plant in Hungary, Europe.

GoldenPeaks Capital (GPC) and Huawei Polska have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) cooperation focusing on 500MWh grid-forming BESS in Europe.