UK battery storage investor Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has energised two grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) assets, including one of the same size as its flagship ‘largest BESS project in Europe’.

Renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. has got the green light to develop and build a 3-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) in the UK, set to come online in 2026.

Developers Innova and Banks Renewables have progressed two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the UK totalling 3.7GWh of capacity.

Developer Banks Renewables has unveiled plans for a 200MW/400MWh BESS in Scotland, the same week its parent company agreed to sell it to investor Brookfield.

Pacific Green has followed its ramp up of activities in the UK with moves to secure land for a pipeline of projects in Australia.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has raised £620 million (US$750 million) for a UK-focused renewables fund, with solar, storage and flexibility assets a key focus.

UK prime minister’s decision to delay net zero policies is disappointing, but unlikely to deter its battery storage industry.

The optimisation arm of oil and gas major bp will provide power trading and optimisation services for two UK battery energy storage system (BESS) projects owned by Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT).

Varco Energy has secured debt financing facilities from bank NatWest to fund its pipeline of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the UK.

UK-based investor Gore Street Capital has identified Poland, Hungary and Austria as markets of interest in the CEE region, investment principal John-Michael Cheshire told Energy-Storage.news in a Q&A.