Municipal utility Thurplus has commissioned a 3MW/3MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in its Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

Developer NGEN Smart Grid Systems has completed a 10.3MW/20.6MWh standalone battery storage project in Austria, the largest in the country, it claimed.

A 114MW battery energy storage system (BESS) being developed by EDF Renewables UK has been granted the greenlight for development.

CEE-based developer and independent power producer (IPP) Woodburn Capital is deploying a co-located battery storage project in Croatia, with final regulations around connecting batteries to the grid expected imminently.

Norwegian state-owned power producer Statkraft has enlisted system integrator Fluence for a 50MW, transmission system-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in the UK.

Vanadium producer Largo Inc has appointed financial advisors to undertake a “strategic review” of its downstream energy storage deployment arm Largo Clean Energy.

Automotive OEM Jaguar Land Rover and Wykes Engineering have deployed a 2.5MWh second life battery energy storage system (BESS) using EV batteries, and aims to expand it to 7.5MWh by the end of 2023.

Wind and solar park operator Encavis has acquired a solar-plus-storage project with a 12MW/24MWh battery storage unit, set to come online in the first half of 2024.

Alex Thornton, operations director at Harmony Energy, gives us a deep dive into Pillswood, the biggest battery storage project in Europe.

A recent report by UK Electricity Networks Commissioner Nick Winser laid out how to halve the time needed to build up the grid infrastructure for net zero.