A German pilot project in the town of Widderstall is investigating whether commercial energy storage systems coupled on the DC side could become a key enabler for building larger photovoltaic installations in areas with limited grid connection capacity. The innovative…
Fortis Energy, a renewable energy developer operating in the Balkans, Turkey, and the Netherlands, is preparing to begin construction of the Erseke photovoltaic plant in Albania. The project is a modern hybrid installation combining a large-scale solar power plant with…
Austrian battery manufacturer Salzstrom has secured its first commercial order for large-scale energy storage systems based on sodium iron phosphate technology. The contract marks the official start of mass commercial production for the company. The customer is the German R&D…
Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has announced a rapid expansion of its energy storage segment. The company estimates that by 2030, this business line will account for around 50% of its sales, compared to approximately 25% today. Renewable energy needs storage…
Spanish independent power producer Grenergy has officially inaugurated the Elena complex — a battery energy storage system with a capacity of up to 3.5 GWh, located in Chile’s Antofagasta region. The Madrid-based developer emphasizes that this is currently the largest…
Slovenian energy market operator Borzen has published detailed guidelines for a new support program offering non-repayable grants for the purchase and installation of battery energy storage systems. The budget for the call amounts to €10 million (around $11.5 million), with…
Poland plans to increase the role of gas in its energy transition, but global trends are beginning to challenge this direction. While the new KPEiK assumes continued use of gas as a guarantor of system stability, the latest data from…
Off the coast of Shanghai, the world’s first underwater data center powered by electricity from an offshore wind farm has begun operations. The investment marks another step in China’s push to build more energy-efficient digital infrastructure designed to meet the…
Texas-based startup Solidion Technology has patented a novel lithium-metal battery technology designed to remove barriers that have so far hindered the commercialization of lithium-sulfur, lithium-air, and anode-free cells. The solution is attracting significant interest in the context of powering orbital…
A project that could change the way energy is stored in Europe is being developed in Laufenburg, Switzerland. Tens of meters underground, a massive flow battery is being built with a planned capacity exceeding 2.1 GWh. Its developers claim that…