Power firm VPI has signed a 700MW pipeline BESS joint venture in Germany with developer Noveria Energy, while system integrator ADS-TEC has revealed a 1GW/2GWh project.
We catch up with executives from second life specialist BESS integrator Voltfang and investor Palladio Partners to discuss their recent €250 million (US$293 million) partnership to deploy projects in Germany.
Advances in sodium-ion battery energy storage systems come from Peak Energy in the US, deploying its sodium-ion system in Colorado, and Phenogy, deploying Europe’s largest sodium-ion system in Germany.
Investment and IPP news from across Europe, with DTEK buying a BESS project in Poland, Ingrid inaugurating one in Sweden and Triodos investing in a German portfolio.
A flurry of BESS project deployment news in Germany from Re.venture, Green Flexibility, EWE and Terra One, with the projects designed to relieve grid congestion and one configured for a 4-hour duration.
Dutch BESS operator Return has acquired four ready-to-build (RTB) projects in Germany, while agrifood tech and renewables investor N2OFF has added BESS to a solar project it is developing there.
Australian battery storage developer Akaysha Energy has secured an AU$300 million (US$196 million) corporate debt facility to accelerate its growing portfolio of utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Australia and global markets.
Asset manager MEAG and a subsidiary of inverter specialist SMA have partnered to deploy a 130MW/354MWh BESS in Germany, their second together and one which will deploy ‘next-generation’ inverters.
Long-term BESS offtake and PPA deals are clearly on the rise in Europe, but how are they evolving vi-a-vis structures, tenors and regional differences?
