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The programme proposes targeted support for bioenergy plants, renewable-fuel gas turbines and storage facilities to strengthen Sweden’s electricity system, though available funding remains constrained.
The new energy management system enables unified control and real‑time insights to support operational decisions across hybrid renewable and storage plants.
The collaboration will focus on rethinking battery life cycles, with new pilot projects and policy dialogues aimed at scaling up reuse, remanufacturing and recycling across the supply chain.
Negative wholesale electricity prices are putting increasing pressure on PPAs. Combined PV and storage projects offer a pragmatic way forward. Read more in our weekly focus, 4-7 August.
A major step towards Net Zero for the UK after the successful comissioning of Blackhillock, Europe‘s largest transmission-grid-connected battery storage system. The main contractors are Wärtsilä and SMA.
BW ESS and Sungrow has bugun the commercial operation of its 100MW/331MWh Bramley battery energy storage system (BESS) that‘s now helping stabilise the UK grid.
Members of the European Parliament are calling on the European Commission to propose an EU strategy on energy flexibility – an initiative backed by SolarPower Europe.
The two companies are partnering to offer municipal utilities a 5.26 MWh large-scale storage system with comprehensive on-site project support, designed with enhanced protection against cyberattacks.
SolarPower Europe has officially launched the Battery Storage Europe Platform, a major new initiative to drive forward the business case and regulatory framework for battery storage across the European Union.
The German energy company has connected its first UK solar project at Langford in Devon – a 35 MW plant with co-located storage and more sites to come.
SolarPower Europe has welcomed the EU energy ministers’ renewed commitment to renewables, but criticised the lack of tangible proposals to support domestic production and advance other key measures.
The storage system in the Atacama Desert complements an existing 220 MW PV plant and includes black-start capability.
New AC and DC solutions for battery storage, inverters, strings and charging stations offer a wide range of benefits. Find out more next week in our weekly focus.
As elsewhere, the combination of PV and battery storage is becoming standard in the commercial sector. Systems are growing more efficient and flexible in their application, as demonstrated at this year’s The smarter E Europe. Find out more in this week’s weekly focus.
One of the world’s northernmost battery storage systems is now supporting Finland’s power grid as part of a joint venture between Sungrow and FRV AmpTank.
Vopak, an independent tank storage company, has acquired BayWa r.e.’s largest battery storage project in Europe. The site in the northern Netherlands includes land, a 300 MW grid connection and all permits.
The highly automated factory will boost Sigenergy’s annual output by over 300,000 units, including inverters, battery storage systems and energy gateways.
New analysis reveals another year of record installations for European battery storage, despite slower year-on-year growth, according to the latest European Market Outlook for Battery Storage of SolarPower Europe.
Interview with Jan Paul Dahm, Managing Director of wholesaler EWS, on business in Northern Europe, expertise in residential storage and service for installers.
Manufacturer Ecoflow presents the Power Ocean Plus as a central component for the home energy ecosystem. It delivers a maximum AC output of 29.9 kilowatts and can accommodate up to four solar strings totalling 40 kilowatts.
Swiss-based MET Group strengthens its presence in the Romanian market for renewable energies, commencing the construction of its 80 MW solar project in the Răscăeți municipality (Dâmbovița county).
Sweden based Flower, specialized on battery storage trading and optimization, has been named one of the leading companies representing a sustainable future by UNESCO World Engineering Day.
The Fenecon Home 10 is a modular storage system for single and multi-family homes with an output of ten kilowatts. The home storage system helps owners to achieve the highest possible degree of self-sufficient power supply.
Battery manufacturer Sonnen presents the new Sonnenbatterie 10 Performance Plus. This increases self-consumption of solar power, ensures intelligent networking and provides an island-capable emergency power supply.
Montenegro has a high solar potential and is taking promising steps to use more solar PV, as Ivana Vojinović, director of the Center for Climate Change, Natural Resources and Energy at the University of Donja Gorica, explains. But challenges remain.
