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.

Developer and EPC Eco Stor will start building another 103.5MW/238MWh BESS project in Germany in November this 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.

German state-owned legacy plant operator will install a 50MW/100MWh BESS at one of its coal facilities in partnership with NGEN, an energy storage operator and technology provider based in Slovenia.

The Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s international diversification helped it maintain average revenues across its portfolio, which spans the Great Britain (GB), Ireland, Germany and Texas, US.

Inverter and BESS company Sungrow has signed a deal with developer Nofar Energy for a 230MWh project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

G7 nations have agreed a new global energy storage target of 1500GW by 2030, a six-fold increase from today’s levels.

EPC and developer Eco Stor has broken ground on a 238MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Germany, one of several to have been claimed as the largest in the country.