Swiss investment fund and project development vehicle MW Storage has contracted Fluence to supply and integrate a 20MW battery storage asset in Finland.
Trina Storage’s new 10MWh battery storage product is claimed by the company to be the first in the US to include full cell-to-AC system integration from a single vendor.
The process of developing energy storage projects in Germany is about to get longer and there is a risk it grinds to a halt as the market matures and regulations are made, developer BayWa r.e. told Energy-Storage.news.
A renewables-only subsidiary of utility Eneco and developer Energisto have revealed a battery energy storage system (BESS) joint venture in Germany, which expects construction permits for up to 400MWh of projects this year.
A double-header of big news from Germany, with construction starting on a ‘Grid Booster’ BESS from TransnetBW and Fluence and the EU putting €58 million towards a project that will combine green hydrogen and iron flow battery storage at scale.
The EV charging and energy solutions arm of Volkswagen Group is entering the large-scale BESS market, with individual projects up to 350MW/700MW in size and the first, in Germany, planned for next year.
The European Council has formally adopted the EU’s support package for its clean energy manufacturing industry, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), amidst mixed fortunes for local battery gigafactory projects.