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Ingka Group unveils hybrid power park in Portugal, unlocking 233 GWh
Imagine significantly increasing renewable energy output while optimizing an existing grid connection—without building entirely new infrastructure. That is exactly what Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, is doing with its latest renewable energy project in Portugal. The company has announced plans to transform an existing wind park in Portugal into a hybrid renewable energy hub by…
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Statkraft inks its largest BESS PPA in Nordics with OX2
Statkraft and Swedish developer OX2 have signed a seven-year, 235-MW battery energy storage agreement in Finland. This is Statkraft’s largest BESS PPA in the Nordics to date. Statkraft, a leading provider of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and the largest producer of renewable energy in Europe, and Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 have closed an…
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Lithuania’s Largest Battery Storage Project Joins the Balancing Market
The largest commercial battery energy storage system in Lithuania to date has joined the electricity balancing market. A new participant has joined the electricity balancing market organised by Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator Litgrid and has submitted its first bids – a 65 MW, 130 MWh battery energy storage system developed by the E energija group near Vilnius, in…
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Iberdrola boosts electrification in Australia with two new storage projects in New South Wales
The Iberdrola Group is making progress in its drive for electrification in Australia with two new energy storage milestones in the state of New South Wales. The company has been awarded a long-term contract from the state government for the Kingswood battery (100 MW) and has officially opened the Smithfield facility (65 MW), with the…
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European Energy inaugurates Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery park in Kvosted
European Energy has inaugurated Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery park in Kvosted, Denmark. The hybrid asset includes a 200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), capable of supplying electricity equivalent to the daily consumption of approximately 18,000 Danish households. The Kvosted project combines an existing utility-scale solar park with large-scale battery storage to…
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquires Ørsted’s European onshore business
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its fifth flagship fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has agreed to acquire Ørsted’s European onshore business with over 800 MW in operation and under construction plus a multi‑gigawatt development pipeline across Ireland, the UK, Germany and Spain. The acquisition adds a fully integrated, multi-technology onshore business to CI V,…
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Scatec JV reaches financial close for 80 MW BESS in the Philippines and prepares for construction start
SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), Scatec ASA’s joint venture with Aboitiz Renewables, inc., the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation in the Philippines, has reached financial close and prepares for construction start of the 40 MW Binga (phase 2) and 40 MW Ambuklao battery energy storage systems (BESS). The battery systems will be co-located with…
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Qair secures construction permit for 20 MW/44 MWh Battery Energy Storage
Independent renewable energy company Qair has obtained the construction permit for its 20 MW/44 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Fuchsstadt, Germany. This milestone marks a significant step in Qair’s commitment to enhancing grid resilience and supporting Europe’s clean energy transition through flexible, storage-enabled infrastructure. Construction is set to begin in spring 2026,…
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Alpiq acquires France’s largest battery storage facility
Alpiq is consistently pursuing its growth strategy in the area of flexible assets: the Swiss energy company has acquired the Cheviré operational battery storage facility in the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire (France) from Harmony Energy, a leading European developer of battery energy storage systems (BESS). With an output of 100 megawatts (MW) and a capacity…
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Enery starts the Ogrezeni project, one of Europe’s largest solar and BESS plants
Enery, an independent renewable power producer in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) announces the start of the Ogrezeni hybrid project, combining photovoltaic (PV) generation with battery storage, in Giurgiu County, Romania. With an installed capacity of 761 MWp / 534 MW AC and more than 1 GWh of battery storage, Ogrezeni will be among the…
