In this news roundup, Metlen inaugurates a 75MWh BESS in Italy, PNE and Enercon develop a wind and storage project in Germany, and Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic BESS from Ingrid Capacity.

Second-life battery energy storage system (BESS) firms B2U, Moment and Rebaba are advancing project operations in Texas, US compliance, and new financing in Europe, respectively.

A roundup of large-scale BESS news from in and around the Nordic region, with Sweden-based Flower building a project in Germany, Volvo launching one in Sweden and Delta Capacity securing a toll for one in Finland. 

Delta Capacity has brought online the Nordic region’s biggest project to date and has acquired another project that would be almost twice the size.

This edition of news in brief features portfolio acquisitions, project completions, a supply deal and investments across Europe.

Axpo and e-Storage have partnered on a BESS in southern Italy, RES Group has signed a full-scope battery asset management agreement in Sweden, while R.Power has agreed to sell a Poland BESS project to Engie.

Large-scale BESS projects have been progressed to construction, financing or operations across the EU this week, by project owners, investors and EPC firms re:cap, LONGi, Teos, Flower, Goldbeck Solar, SPP and Tavion.

BESS platform Ingrid Capacity has received construction permits for two projects in Sweden’s SE4 electricity region which it said could start construction as early as this year.

Czech investment group Wood & Company (Wood & Co) has hired construction and optimisation partners for large-scale battery storage projects in Finland and Sweden.

UK energy major Centrica has activated two BESS totalling 40MW in Borlänge, Sweden, expanding its European portfolio to more than 770MW.