The UK battery storage market is suffering a “weak revenue environment”, with assets not able to participate in balancing the GB grid or replacing gas-fired generation to their fullest capability, according to Gresham House Energy Storage Fund.

Market analytics firm Modo Energy recorded the lowest average revenue levels to-date for UK BESS projects in December 2023, the firm said.

With leading US energy storage markets on a phenomenal growth trajectory, the role of BESS has been highlighted by recent heatwaves.

UK-based energy industry data platform company Modo Energy’s monthly Revenue Benchmark has found that battery energy storage revenues in the country increased by 53% between June and July.

EV and energy storage giant Tesla saw a slight quarter-on-quarter dip in energy storage deployments in Q2 to 3.7GWh, although annual growth was strong at 222%.

Global battery storage system integrator Fluence doubled its revenues in the first three months of 2023 and increased its full-year guidance again.

Powin has ‘big plans’ in the balance-of-system space and could become ‘the biggest energy storage platform in the world’, president Anthony Carroll says.

Australia will launch its first tenders for large-scale energy storage resources during this year, minister says.

Tesla has recorded its highest storage deployments to date in the first quarter of 2023, enabled by ramp up of its factory in California.

NHOA’s energy storage business accounted for the vast majority of the company’s €165.7 million reported revenues in 2022.