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.
Another busy week of BESS news from across Europe, with investors and owner-operators ABO, Field, Aspiravi, Prime Capital, Latvenergo, Sonnedix and Amarenco progressing large-scale projects across Europe.
It’s been a busy few weeks in the run-up to Christmas in Europe’s BESS project space, with M&A, final investment decisions (FID) and supplier deals in Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Romania and the UK totally around 800MW of capacity.
A roundup of large-scale European BESS project news, with Principia completing a project in Greece, Repono buying one in Romania, Kyon choosing optimisers for two in Germany and Voltalia and NGEN targeting Portugal.
Oil, gas and renewables firm Galp has announced construction on BESS projects in Spain and Portugal using equipment from inverter and BESS firm Sungrow.
The government of Portugal has announced plans to invest €400 million (US$466 million) to improve its grid management capabilities and increase its battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.
