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The 2025 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics: How Quantum Physics and Molecular Chemistry Are Powering the Future of Clean Energy
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for their pioneering work on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) — porous crystalline materials constructed from metal ions and organic linkers. These molecular architectures can be fine-tuned to capture, store or transform gases with remarkable efficiency. Announcing the award, Heiner Linke, Chair of the Nobel Committee…
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Greece’s Big Battery Push: Ambitious BESS Plans Aim High Amid Market Challenges and Investor Caution
In 2025, Greece has accelerated its plans for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), signalling a shift in policy, financing, and market expectations. However, while the scale of ambition is high, there are several tensions emerging—especially around the move toward unsponsored (merchant) projects. The Voice of Renewables looked closely at numbers and recent announcements and…
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METLEN and Karatzis Group Partner to Develop Greece’s Largest 330MW Battery Energy Storage System in Thessaly
METLEN and Karatzis Group of Companies are entering into a new strategic partnership, through a joint venture with ownership stakes of 49% and 51% respectively, for the development, construction, operation, and energy management of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity of 330MW / 790MWh in Thessaly, Greece. METLEN is a global industrial…
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Lithuania Launches €45 Million Funding Call to Boost High-Capacity Electricity Storage Systems
The Lithuanian Ministry of Energy has approved nearly €45 million in funding to expand high-capacity electricity storage systems nationwide, with a new call for applications opening on 10 October. The Environmental Project Management Agency (APVA) will manage the program. The funding is open to both new projects and those that were not selected or placed on the reserve…
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Greece Balances Growth and Challenges in Its Renewable Energy Transition
Weekly round-up of the latest developments in Greece’s energy sector, based on research by The Voice of Renewables. From policy updates and major investments to the challenges facing industry players, it highlights the key stories shaping the country’s drive towards a cleaner and more resilient energy future. Diplomatic Tensions Test the Great Sea Interconnector Greece’s renewable energy…
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Capalo AI Begins Trading and Optimising Lithuania’s First Commercial BESS
A new participant has joined the electricity balancing market organized by Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, and submitted its first bids – a 1 MW power and 2 MWh capacity energy storage battery system, built by Green Genius in the Alytus district. This is the first commercial storage facility in the country to…
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Lithuania’s Energy Revolution: Balancing Ambition and Reality
A Bold Path to Independence Lithuania’s energy transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. Once heavily reliant on Russian energy imports, the small Baltic nation has reinvented its strategy to pursue independence, sustainability, and innovation. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest Lithuania 2025 – Energy Policy Review offers a timely look at how far the country has…
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KN Energies Secures Funding to Expand Electricity Storage Systems
KN Energies, with the aim of promoting the optimisation of renewable energy infrastructure and the efficient use of energy resources, submitted an application to the Lithuanian Energy Agency and secured funding for the implementation of a project under Call No. 03-009-J-0001-J06 “Investment Support for Individual Electricity Storage Devices.” The funding will be used for the…
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ACL Energy and BWESS to Add 2,500 MW of Renewable Energy Projects
ACL Energy and BW ESS have announced a significant expansion of their joint project development pipeline for stand-alone, utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Italy. Building on their initial partnership established in February 2024 – which included three projects totalling 0.4 GW – the two companies now commit to co-developing an additional eleven projects…
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Lithuania Accelerates Battery Energy Storage Development to Support Renewables
Lithuania is rapidly emerging as a frontrunner in Central and Eastern Europe for battery energy storage deployment, with a string of large-scale projects designed to stabilise the grid and enable greater penetration of renewables. As the country moves away from reliance on Russian energy and strengthens its integration into the European grid, energy storage has…
