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Sonnedix secures $1.3 billion refinancing for Chile solar, wind and storage portfolio
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (338+ words) Sonnedix said it has obtained $1.3 billion through a refinancing transaction covering roughly 1 GW of operating solar and wind capacity in Chile, along with a 117 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) under construction. Sonnedix Chile said the refinancing supports its existing…...
Zhero and Tesla Energy sign agreement for 3 GWh of BESS in Italy
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (181+ words) Zhero has signed a framework agreement with Tesla Energy, in collaboration with H1 Holdings, for approximately 3 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in Italy. The companies announced the deal to pv magazine. “The framework agreement covers storage projects totaling around 3 GWh,…...
400 MWh BESS in Hamburg begins construction
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (200+ words) ESS News 400 MWh BESS in Hamburg begins construction According to Flower, this is the largest project of its kind within a major German city, and it also represents the company’s largest self-developed project to date. Until now, Flower has focused…...
Sri Lanka proposes BESS-inclusive feed-in tariffs, draws pricing pushback
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (295+ words) The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has proposed feed-in tariffs for battery energy storage, with an engineer from the National System Operator (NSO), the entity responsible for operating Sri Lanka’s power system, warning the rates run well above…...
Econergy fires up 141 MWh merchant BESS at operational solar site in Romania
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (380+ words) Econergy has launched commercial operations for the fully merchant 70 MW / 141 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Părău 1 project in Brașov, Romania. The battery joins a 92 MW solar array that has been active since early 2024, bringing the site’s combined…...
New electrode design by German institutes increases battery energy density by up to 15%
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (294+ words) ESS News New electrode design by German institutes increases battery energy density by up to 15% A consortium led by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has developed thicker battery electrodes that could increase cell-level energy density by…...
Financial close on 60 MWh battery retrofit for operational Dutch wind farm
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (327+ words) Financial close has been reached for a 15 MW / 60 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Windpark Greenport Venlo (WGV) in the Limburg region, Netherlands. The project initiator, WGV-EOS – a partnership between Greenchoice, ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund (ABN AMRO SIF)…...
Strong advance of large-scale solar-storage projects across Mexico over the past month
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (596+ words) ESS News Strong advance of large-scale solar-storage projects across Mexico over the past month Mexico’s utility-scale solar pipeline is showing renewed activity, with a succession of projects entering environmental assessment or receiving conditional approval from the Ministry of Environment and…...
IFA 2026: Jackery's 100 kWh residential battery makes an appearance
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (434+ words) Chinese manufacturer Jackery unveiled its latest battery energy storage innovations at IFA 2026 in Berlin, yet outside of the main announcement, one significantly larger-than-normal product on the show floor caught attention. Jackery’s Energycore 100 kWh liquid-cooled energy is what it says on…...
Qualitas Energy acquires Cero Generation's solar-plus-storage platform from Macquarie
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (355+ words) Qualitas Energy has agreed to acquire Cero Generation’s core European solar and battery storage platform from Macquarie Group, adding a 5.8 GW portfolio spanning the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain to its holdings. The acquisition covers more than 2 GW of assets that…...