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VIDEO - Energy Storage Summit 2026: What is the outlook for BESS Capex this year?
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (260+ words) What does the combination of regulatory, supply chain and market pressures mean for the cost of building large-scale BESS this year? The "Storage CAPEX in 2026: Cost Drivers, Risk, and Control" panel discussion at the'Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London'in February dived…...
Innovating Austria's power grid: Kehua deploys Tirol's first large-scale BESS
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (249+ words) Energy-Storage. News Innovating Austria's power grid: Kehua deploys Tirol's first large-scale BESS Kehua has successfully delivered and connected a state-of-the-art large-scale battery storage system for Austria's Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe (IKB) at the Obere Sill Hydropower Plant. According to Tirol ORF, the…...
VIDEO: European BESS integration with Chinese cells can be competitive, says Maxxen's Ruben Valiente
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (168+ words) Energy-Storage. News VIDEO: European BESS integration with Chinese cells can be competitive, says Maxxen's Ruben Valiente Maxxen managing director Ruben Valiente speaks with Energy-Storage. news editor Andy Colthorpe at Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London. Breaking into the energy storage system…...
Engie buys 1. 1 GWh of synchronous condenser-paired BESS in Spain, starts building 220 MWh France project
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (346+ words) Multinational power firm Engie has acquired two large-scale BESS projects in Spain, paired with synchronous condensers and has launched construction on a BESS in France. The company has acquired two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Spain totalling 278 MW…...
EU-India trade agreement will propel innovation in energy storage
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (518+ words) The easing of trade frictions through the recent European Union-India agreement could unlock innovation and scale in energy storage, writes Eugene Beh, CEO of Quino Energy. January's landmark trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and India will not only…...
Private Energy Partners submits 780 MW battery storage project to Australia's EPBC Act
13+ hour, 31+ min ago (422+ words) Private Energy Partners has submitted a hybrid energy project to Australia's environmental approval process, proposing a 780 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) combined with up to 1, 188 MW of gas-fired generation capacity within Queensland's Gladstone State Development Area. The Gladstone SDA…...
US battery storage developers get creative as pure merchant model fades
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (661+ words) A panel at the 2026 US Energy Storage Summit in Dallas, Texas, discussed the "creative, innovative structures" developers are having to embrace to secure long-term revenues for energy storage projects. The panel discussion, titled "BESS Contracting Strategies: Merchant vs. Contracted Revenue…...
IPPs Zelestra, BNZ adding BESS to solar PV plants in Southern Europe
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (489+ words) IPPs Zelestra, BNZ and ALFI have secured offtake and financing to hybridise solar projects with BESS across Spain, Italy, Portugal and Romania." Independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has signed a solar-and-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) with power firm EDP that…...
Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island, issues REOI for up to 50 MW of BESS
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (510+ words) The Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island's PEI Energy Corporation (PEIEC) has issued a request for expressions of interest (REOI) for a 10-50 MW battery energy storage system (BESS). PEIEC aims to install and operate a BESS capable of integrating into…...
Japanese business heavyweights in Tokyu Land's US$190 million BESS investment consortium "
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (907+ words) Amid growing interest in Japan's battery storage market, a consortium of major Japanese businesses is targeting 174 MW of deployments. Libra LLC, a consortium of domestic companies, was formed on 26 March 2026 and announced publicly a week later on 3 April. Led by…...