BESS project owners, lenders and optimisers kicked off the Energy Storage Summit Germany 2026 today in Berlin with a discussion on developing a bankable project.

What are the merchant opportunities in Germany, where there are almost no capacity schemes or subsidies for energy storage? A panel of expert speakers discussed the opportunities in Europe’s largest energy market on the panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February.

Australian BESS face new financing reality as spreads halve to AU$100/MWh and lenders demand 50-70% contracting amid 15GW deployment surge.

Asset manager MEAG has acquired a 92.5MW/231MWh BESS in Germany, fully merchant-financed, which optimiser Entrix will trade in the electricity market.

Equis Australia claims it has secured New South Wales’ first merchant BESS debt financing for a 500MWh BESS in Australia.