Cimic, the Australian subsidiary of the ACS group, has secured a new contract with which it will help to strengthen Australia's liquid storage network, as part of a project whose works are scheduled to start in November 2026, according to the Spanish construction company communicated this Friday.In this agreement, UGL,...
Grenergy has closed the transmission to CVC DIF of "Gabriela," the fourth phase of Oasis de Atacama, its large energy storage complex in Chile, for 475 million dollars (around 410 million euros), according to the company.In detail, "Gabriela" has 272 megawatts (MW) of installed photovoltaic power and 1,100 megawatt hours...
Greenvolt Group has closed with UniCredit a financing package valued at 218 million euros to boost its energy storage initiatives with batteries (BESS, for its acronym in English) in Poland, according to the company itself. The operation is structured in 153 million euros in bridge lines and an additional guarantee...
Capital Dynamics has closed the purchase of a battery energy storage system (BESS, for its acronym in English), ready to start its construction and located in Knockanure, in County Kerry (Republic of Ireland), with a grid connection capacity of 170 megawatts (MW), according to the company itself.The operation has materialized...
Acciona Energía will develop two new battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the provinces of Cuenca and Palencia, with a combined power close to 33 MW and with a forecasted start of operation towards the end of 2027, according to the company communicated this Tuesday.The project planned in Cuenca will...
The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has awarded 433.44 million euros from the Recovery Plan (PRTR) in grants to 524 new innovative renewable energy projects, including agrivoltaics, floating photovoltaics, or integrated into infrastructures, which in all cases incorporate storage systems.The definitive resolution of the second call of...
Grupo Greenvolt, through its subsidiary Greenvolt Power, has officially launched the Turosn Koscielna plant, one of the largest battery energy storage systems (BESS, for its acronym in English) in Poland. The facility has a grid connection capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) and a storage capacity of 800 megawatt-hours (MWh), according...
EY has pointed out that the rapid deployment of renewable energies in Spain by 2035 requires a balanced storage 'mix' between batteries and pumped hydroelectric plants. According to a report by the consultancy, this balance is key to maintaining the security of the electricity supply, reducing clean energy spills, and...
EDP has begun in its hybrid complex of Las Lomillas, located in the municipality of Tébar in Cuenca, the tests of the storage system with batteries that completes the first installation in the Iberian Peninsula that brings together, in a single connection point, wind generation, photovoltaic generation, and electrical storage,...
Sungrow Renewables is developing a portfolio made up of seven energy storage projects with batteries (BESS, for its initials in English), which together reach nearly 342 megawatts (MW) of installed power. These initiatives are distributed among the Valencian Community, Galicia, Navarra, and Andalusia, according to the company itself.In detail, the...
Return and Engie have signed a pioneering ten-year agreement, structured under the "full tolling" modality, in order to stimulate investment in battery storage in Spain. The plan includes the launch of three projects in the Basque Country that, together, will reach a power of 55 megawatts (MW) and a capacity...
The energy dependence on foreign sources in Spain stood at 68.4% in 2024, despite the notable boost of renewable energies in recent years, according to data from the report "Spain facing the challenge of energy independence. How to ensure a transition based on abundance, competitiveness, and supply security," prepared by...
The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has launched the processing of a new firm power tender for a total of 820.5 megawatts (MW) in the electricity systems of the non-peninsular territories —Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla—, with the aim of ensuring the coverage of the...
The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has submitted for public consultation, under an urgent procedure, a draft royal decree with new measures aimed at promoting the integration of renewable energies, self-consumption, and storage, streamlining the processing of infrastructures, and strengthening the capacity and resilience of the electricity...
Engie and Ignis have signed a long-term flexibility purchase agreement that includes several battery energy storage system (BESS) projects located in different parts of Spain, with a combined installed capacity of 625 MWh, as detailed by both companies this Thursday in a statement.Within the framework of this agreement, Engie will...
The Guardiane-Q consortium has officially begun its journey as an industrial research project focused on designing and testing a comprehensive security architecture for critical underground renewable hydrogen storage infrastructures.This initiative, considered pioneering in Spain, will be executed over four years, covering the period between 2026 and 2029.The program has a...
O2, the brand of the Telefónica group, has begun to offer since this Thursday 10 terabytes (TB) of free cloud storage through its "O2 Cloud" service. With this change, the capacity for fiber and mobile users goes from 1 to 10 TB, as the "telco" itself has detailed in a...
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), integrated into Jameel Energy, has announced the expansion of its activity in Germany after securing 2.3 GW of grid connection capacity for hybrid projects, battery energy storage systems, and solar photovoltaic plants, which aim to achieve 'ready-to-build' status between 2026 and 2029.According to the company's statement,...
Greenvolt Group, through its subsidiary Greenvolt Power, has launched what is currently the largest operational battery energy storage system (BESS) in Hungary, with an installed capacity of 99.8 megawatts (MW) and a storage capacity of 288.6 megawatt-hours (MWh), according to a company statement.The facility, located in the town of Buj,...
The installation of batteries linked to self-consumption registered a rebound of 65% in 2025, reaching 540 megawatt-hours (MWh), according to figures released by the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF).The boost was particularly noticeable in the domestic sphere, where the pace of installation of storage systems soared by 99% in 2025.Thus, 61%...
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) plans to develop more than 2,900 megawatts (MW) and 11,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) in battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Italy, a set of projects that, according to the company, will reach the 'ready to build' status between this fiscal year and 2029.The portfolio, which is already...
Acciona Energía has announced this Monday that it will launch a new 1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Atacama Desert (Chile), which will double its storage capacity in the country.The project will be integrated into the El Romero photovoltaic plant, with 246 MWp, and will have a...
The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge anticipates giving the green light shortly to the regulation that will launch the capacity market for the Spanish electricity system, once the approval of the European Commission has been obtained.Sources from the department headed by Sara Aagesen thanked Brussels for "the...
The European Commission has given its approval this Friday to the capacity market designed by Spain to ensure that the electricity system has sufficient backup in times of scarcity. It is an instrument endowed with approximately 9 billion euros for the next ten years, conceived as a complement to the...
Grenergy has revised upwards its investment plan for the period 2026-2028, which will now be 3.7 billion euros. With this business plan update, presented this Wednesday, the company reinforces its growth in energy storage in Europe, which will concentrate around 45% of the total, a similar proportion to Chile, where...