Harmony Energy has secured a £60 million debt facility from major UK retail and commercial banking group NatWest.

Joint development agreement has been signed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and Bluestone Energy for up to 2GW of UK battery storage.

UK-based Connected Energy has raised £15 million (US$18.4 million) from five new investors to help scale up its second life-based battery energy storage system (BESS) solution.

KORE Power will provide batteries for a 20MWh battery storage project under development between ABB and UK green energy supplier Ecotricity.

European battery energy storage deployments are expected to plateau over 2024-27 due to lithium-ion scarcity whilst the continent will need 200GW by 2030 to accommodate additional renewables, according to a new report and webinar.

Pacific Green Technologies has appointed principal contractor and supplier for 99.98MW BESS project in Kent, England.

Flow battery companies CMBlue Energy and Redflow, both of whom have developed solutions using alternatives to vanadium, have struck commercial deals in Austria and the US, respectively.

Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE) has signed a contract with Energy Optimisation Solutions and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners via the two’s portfolio company Uskmouth Energy Storage (UES) to deliver a new 460MWh UK battery energy storage system (BESS).

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has successfully raised £150 million (US$189 million).

A 200MW BESS to be located in Lancashire, northern England, has secured planning permission.