Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has taken a final investment decision (FID) and started construction on a further six BESS projects in Germany, with Saft to provide the battery technology.

Juan Ceballos, Trina Storage head of sales for Europe, tells ESN Premium how one of solar’s big players aims to become a major presence in energy storage.

Independent power producer (IPP) RWE has commissioned a 35MW/41MWh BESS in the Netherlands, while commissioning is progressing on a smaller system with grid-forming capabilities.

MW Storage has enlisted optimiser Entrix to commercialise 50MW/100MWh of the capacity of a project twice that size in the town of Arzberg, Germany.

With the price of BESS continuing to fall, there is an ongoing discussion in the industry around the limitations of manufacturer warranties and how analytics can unlock untapped revenues.

There is “huge potential” for commercial and industrial (C&I) battery systems in Germany’s wholesale trading markets, according to Tesvolt.

ESN Premium speaks with Anna Darmani, energy storage analyst at Wood Mackenzie, about Europe’s sector evolution.

As Europe’s BESS industry matures, project owner-operators are taking on more control – and risk – when it comes to procuring technology and services for their projects.

Germany and the UK are currently Europe’s ‘hottest’ markets for battery storage, but others present exciting opportunities, too.

“To toll or not to toll seems to be the question. Rather the question you should be asking is with whom and how much,” a panellist at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London said today (19 February).