The results of Poland’s recent capacity market auction have been revealed, with a clearing price significantly lower than the previous years and IPP Greenvolt saying it won the lion’s share of around 1.7GW of BESS awarded contracts.

Developer Gurin Energy is so convinced of Japan’s energy storage market potential that it is planning a single project equivalent to the country’s entire installed base of lithium-ion battery storage.

Nuvve, a US startup focused on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies, has been selected to manage grid-connected stationary battery storage in Japan with a combined capacity of 30MWh.

The nascent grid-scale energy storage market in Japan now has its first-ever dedicated investment fund, and it will be jointly managed by Gore Street Capital, which launched one of the UK’s.

UK battery storage and flexible generation developer-operator Statera Energy has secured a £300 million (US$375 million) financing package for its Thurrock project, its first news since being bought by investor EQT.

New-build battery storage projects from three developers totalling 357MW awarded contracts in Belgium’s latest capacity market auction.

NHOA has been selected to deliver a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) which will play into Italy’s capacity market.

The CEE energy storage market holds much promise but grants and subsidies might be needed to get it off the ground.

The Poland arm of UK-based developer Harmony Energy is looking to bid in around 500MW of battery storage projects into the upcoming capacity market auction, executive director Michał Maćkowiak said.

Inverter and BESS company Sungrow will supply a 60MW/132MWh system for an operational PV plant in Chile.