European BESS news from project owners Premier Energy Group, Verbund, Eco Stor, Ingrid Capacity, Ric Energy, Ganfeng Lithium, EP Group, RWE and Giga Storage, securing acquisitions, financings and route-to-market (RTM) deals for multiple gigawatts of capacity this past week.

Power firm RWE has launched construction on a 400MW/700MWh BESS project in Bavaria, Germany, the largest being built in the country.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is seeking regulatory approval to acquire an operational portion of a BESS facility located in Imperial County, California, from the US development arm of German multinational energy company RWE. 

Power generation firm RWE has put a BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, its first that is capable of providing inertia to the grid.

Terralayr has made headlines recently with its BESS aggregation tolling platform, executing long-term tolls in Germany with big power firms RWE and Vattenfall, but how unique are these deals in reality?

Utility and power generation firm RWE will trade 50MW/100MWh of BESS capacity in Germany from the virtual aggregation platform of startup Terralayr under a five-year agreement.

Independent power producer (IPP) RWE has commissioned a 35MW/41MWh BESS in the Netherlands, while commissioning is progressing on a smaller system with grid-forming capabilities.

RWE has commissioned 235MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Hamm and Neurath, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has verified with Energy-Storage.news that it voted unanimously 3 December, to certify utility Georgia Power’s plans to build 500MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) across four locations.

RWE has purchased EnerVenue metal-hydrogen Energy Storage Vessels (ESVs) for a renewable energy storage pilot project in the US.