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Green light for Kona’s 456MWh Smeaton BESS in Scotland

September 4, 2024
Developer Kona Energy has been granted consent for the construction and operation of its Smeaton BESS project in Scotland, which will total 228MW/456MWh of energy storage capacity.
The project will be located adjacent to the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, pictured here. Image: Michael Barera / Wikicommons.

Developer Black Mountain sells 200MW ERCOT BESS to woman-owned IPP Vitis

August 28, 2024
IPP Vitis Energy has acquired a 200MW BESS project in the ERCOT, Texas market from developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).
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Aquila starts building 100MWh Germany project with Trina BESS units

August 28, 2024
BESS developer-operator Aquila Clean Energy has started building a 50MW/100MWh project in Germany, its first major one in the country.
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Estonia’s first grid-scale BESS to provide blueprint for further deployments in Baltics and Poland

August 28, 2024
We hear from utility Eesti Energia about its 25MW/50MWh BESS project in Estonia, including what it hopes to achieve with the project and why it needed a second procurement to launch the project.
The BESS unit which comprises repurposed batteries from the company's Taycan vehicle.

Porsche repurposes sports car batteries into 10MWh second life BESS at Germany plant

August 14, 2024
Sports car company Porsche has deployed a 10MWh BESS at its factory in Germany using batteries from its Taycan vehicle line.
Kyon Energy Germany BESS

TotalEnergies takes FID on 100MW/200MWh Germany project using Saft BESS

July 25, 2024
Oil and gas major TotalEnergies will build a 100MW/200MWh BESS project from Kyon Energy’s pipeline, its first project after buying the developer.
Harmony Energy France

UK’s Harmony Energy to build France’s largest BESS

July 19, 2024
Developer Harmony Energy is set to build a 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in France, the country’s largest.
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World’s largest sodium-ion BESS comes online in China as it seeks to diversify away from lithium

July 4, 2024
The first phase of the world’s largest sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), in China, has come online.
A render of the BESS project. Image: Dispatch / Eneco / Fluence.

Dispatch, Fluence and Eneco to deploy Netherlands’ largest standalone BESS

June 17, 2024
A 45MW/90MWh BESS project in the Netherlands will be deployed by developer Dispatch, supplied by system integrator Fluence and optimised by utility Eneco.
Ameresco has mainly been active in the US to-date, including with this solar PV project in California. Image: Ameresco.

Ameresco and Envision Energy to deploy 624MWh UK BESS for Atlantic Green

May 24, 2024
Developer-operator Atlantic Green has enlisted system integrator Ameresco and clean energy manufacturer Envision Energy for a 300MW/624MWh BESS project in the UK.

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