The German network regulator’s decision to maintain grid fee exemptions for battery storage “ensures that billions in private investment remain directed” into the market, Energy-Storage.news has heard.
Germany’s energy system regulator has confirmed that BESS projects coming online by 4 August 2029 will be exempt from charging and discharging grid fees, opening up investment again after months of uncertainty.
Australia has emerged as the world’s third-largest utility-scale battery energy storage market, with 4.3GW of large-scale battery storage systems reaching financial close in 2025.
The transition to new energy technologies, including grid-scale and vehicle batteries, can help fossil-fuel-dependent countries improve their energy security.
The situation and uncertainty around grid connections and grid fees in Germany is evolving, possibly enabling market participants to look beyond the August 2029 grid fee exemption cut-off date – although uncertainty is still very high.
Singapore-based Equis has launched GreenPoint Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary consolidating its Australian renewable energy and battery storage operations under a dedicated platform with a 2.5GW portfolio of 12 battery energy storage systems (BESS) and wind projects across every National Energy Market (NEM)-connected state.
Lenders are increasingly willing to back large-scale BESS projects in Germany that don’t have any contracted revenues, although that merchant risk is priced in to structures, an executive at Aquila Clean Energy EMEA said.
The US clean energy manufacturing industry is starting to undergo a wholesale restructuring and recapitalisation as companies look to reduce their exposure to numerous risks, including FEOC.
We catch up with James Mills, managing director of UK BESS investor Adaptogen Capital, about UK market dynamics, its expansion into Europe, and BESS capex in 2026 and beyond.
A quartet of Germany BESS project announcements: Green Flexibility has completed a project, Suncatcher has enlisted Statkraft to optimise three solar-plus-storage ones, SWB and Be.storaged are together building a system, while ArcelorMittal has enlisted EDF Power Solutions to do so.
