Infrastructure investor I4B and utility Luminus have closed the financing and launched construction on a 150MW/600MWh BESS project in Belgium.

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure has bought a minority stake in large-scale BESS projects from independent power producer (IPP) Enfinity Global.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Giga Storage has closed financing on a 300MW/1,200MWh project in the Netherlands.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will divest a 50% ownership stake in its 500MW Coalburn 1 BESS to alternative investor AXA IM Alts.

Grid limitations can impact the business case for battery storage assets for a number of reasons, writes Amira Belazougui of Clean Horizon.

Brian Cashion at Firetrace International on community engagement and local support, essential to battery storage deployment.

KNESS has secured a €9.6 million (US$10.35 million) loan from Oschadbank for a battery storage project in Ukraine.

California governor Gavin Newsom has taken steps to accelerate the 300MW Cornucopia Hybrid Project in Fresno County, California, US.

Energy storage technologies must have the best protections available from hacking threats, writes Adile Ajaja, director of operations, IT and cybersecurity at EVLO.

Investor Macquarie’s storage platform Eku Energy’s market entry and strategy speaks to the broader emergence of storage as an infrastructure asset, which its CEO discussed with us, also giving his views on BESS capex and procurement.