BESS platform NGEN has started building an 85M/170MWh BESS in Austria, while Foresight Group and the EBRD have invested in development platforms in Germany and Lithuania.
Terna, the transmission system operator (TSO) of Italy, has approved the grid connection for a 500MW/3GWh BESS project. Meanwhile several smaller projects have progressed across the rest of Europe.
European IPP R.Power’s head of BESS and CCO sat down with Energy-Storage.news at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 last month for a video interview to discuss the firm’s storage activity and approach to procuring technology.
Joshua Murphy, head of energy storage for IPP Econergy, met with Energy-Storage.news for a video interview to discuss various business and financial topics at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London last month.
Leading BESS owner-operators across Europe discuss the key trends around the financing and deployment of grid-scale projects, with the segment now the driver of continent-wide deployments according to trade body SolarPower Europe.
More BESS news from across Europe, with ContourGlobal and Alpiq striking sizeable deals in Greece and France, Iberdrola putting projects into operation in Spain, and other project news in Germany, Poland, Denmark and Southeast Europe.
The results of Poland’s capacity market (CM) were announced this week, with fewer awards to BESS than last year because of a reduction in the technology’s de-rating factor.
The Ministry of the Environment in Poland has shortlisted projects for an energy storage capex support programme totalling 4.15 billion PLN (c.€1 billion), with 183 eligible to progress to the next round.
In a major week for European BESS deal-making, project acquisition and financing deals have been done in the Poland, Germany, Finland, the UK and Romania for grid-scale projects totalling well over 1GW of capacity.
