Masdar has started commercial operations at its 20MW/40MWh battery energy storage system facility on Welkin Road in Stockport, marking the first completed project under its £1 billion investment in UK battery storage.
US electric vehicle sales growth has slowed compared with earlier in the decade, prompting automakers to recalibrate capital allocation, as exemplified by Ford’s decision to cancel plans for a new pure electric van and a fully electric F150 pickup following the Trump administration’s removal of federal purchase incentives and easing of vehicle emissions regulations.
Nova Power & Gas, a subsidiary of the E-INFRA Group, has officially commissioned Romania’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS), a 200 MW facility with 400 MWh of storage capacity in Florești, Cluj County.
Europe’s battery storage sector is entering a period of rapid scale-up, with annual deployments set to climb from 11 GW in 2024 to 16 GW in 2025, a 45% year-over-year increase, according to new forecasts from Wood Mackenzie.
Germany’s parliament approved planning privileges for battery energy storage systems in recent weeks through amendments to the national Building Code,…
