The EStor-Lux battery site in south Belgium fully launched commercial activity in December and has successfully participated in grid frequency auctions.

The Ministry of Energy in Lithuania has officially launched a project to deploy 200MW / 200MWh of battery storage in the northern European country. 

Ontario’s energy system is the topic of debate. Energy storage has to be at the heart of its future, argues Justin Wahid Rangooni of Energy Storage Canada.

Greece’s electricity market holds the potential to become an important European market for energy storage technologies like lithium-ion batteries in the coming months and years.

The first pilot deployment of a large-scale electrochemical energy storage system (ESS) has been completed in the Ukraine, less than a year after system supply contracts were signed.

Policymakers in Poland have removed legal and regulatory barriers to the development of an energy storage industry based in the European country.

Decision-makers across Canada now recognise the value that energy storage can bring to the grid, with Ontario’s grid operator establishing its first-ever set of market rules for energy storage’s participation.

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Leclanché will deploy a short duration battery energy storage system (BESS) and energy management software to a natural gas power plant in Levice, Slovakia.

France’s electricity transmission system operator, RTE, is exploring options to reduce congestion on the grid at four strategic locations around the country and could award long-term contracts to battery storage systems that can help.