Friday, 25 September 2026

Cross-market optimization delivered the highest battery revenues in Germany's power market in August, generating EUR 25,300 per MW per month, according to ESS News.

ESS News reported that this result stood 63% above the combined wholesale benchmark and 65% above FCR, the strongest single-strategy performer during the month.

FCR itself edged up to EUR 15,300 per MW per month, making it the top individual battery strategy in August, per ESS News.

The outlet framed the month against a backdrop of noticeably higher electricity prices in Germany, with battery trading opportunities developing differently across wholesale and ancillary service markets.

Growatt will increase prices on several inverter and energy storage product lines by roughly 5% to 10% starting October 8, according to PV Magazine.

The adjustment covers string inverters, hybrid and storage inverters, commercial and industrial storage cabinets, and residential storage systems, PV Magazine reported.

The company cited higher raw-material costs, tighter supplies of some core components, and rising manufacturing expenses as the reasons for the move.

Giga Storage has begun construction of the Green Turtle battery energy storage system in Belgium, a 700 MW / 2.8 GWh project that ESS News reports will become the country's largest battery storage site by some margin.

The site sits at the Rotem industrial estate in Dilsen-Stokkem, in Belgium's Limburg province, according to ESS News.

Green Turtle will be built from 640 Tesla Megapack 3 units, with Tesla acting as the EPC contractor covering engineering, construction and battery supply, and providing long-term maintenance, ESS News reports.

Commissioning is scheduled for the end of March 2028.

Omega Subsea has signed a five-year deal to supply remotely operated vehicle services aboard NKT's newbuild cable-laying vessel NKT Eleonora, according to Offshore Engineer. The contract extends an existing tie-up between the two firms that already covers the NKT Victoria.

Offshore Engineer reports that the Eleonora agreement follows a separate five-year contract announced in June for the NKT Victoria. Mobilization for both vessels is now underway.

Four of the eight new Kystdesign ROV systems scheduled for delivery to Omega Subsea in 2026 will be assigned to NKT projects, per Offshore Engineer.

Spain has awarded EUR 265 million in public funding to 11 pumped hydro energy storage projects under its BORALMAC program, according to ESS News. The allocation covers two rounds of the scheme.

The selected projects together account for almost 4.1 GW of capacity and 49.9 GWh of storage, ESS News reported.

The projects span seven Spanish autonomous communities and are expected to be completed by 2035, per ESS News.

Construction has started on the Kärppiö battery energy storage system in Teuva, western Finland, a 125 MW / 300 MWh project, according to ESS News.

Delta Capacity confirmed Sungrow will supply the batteries, ESS News reported. Nordic electrification specialist NEPower will act as balance-of-plant contractor and deliver electrification and substation works.

With Kärppiö moving into construction alongside AKKU One, Delta Capacity and Sungrow are advancing 600 MWh of battery storage in Finland within a month, per ESS News.

Ohio will route USD 137 million of a federal grid modernization award to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), which will deploy advanced transmission technologies alongside transmission utilities in the state.

Governor DeWine announced the PUCO allocation as part of the total grant, according to New Americans Magazine.

PUCO has identified that the grant-funded upgrades could add the equivalent of 5,820 MW of capacity to the state grid, effectively displacing the need to build additional power plants or transmission lines.

NineDot Energy has energized a 20 MW battery storage installation in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx, according to Solar Builder.

Company officials said the site is fully operational and will deliver nearly 20 MW of power to the Hunts Point community. NineDot said the stored energy is enough to supply about 20,000 homes during peak grid hours, framing the project as a response to what the company describes as environmental injustice in the neighborhood, per Solar Builder.

A 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system near Deniliquin in southern New South Wales has cleared planning, winning development consent despite more than 70 public objections, according to ESS News.

An executive director at the New South Wales planning department signed off on the project on Sept. 24, ESS News reported, citing the New South Wales Planning Portal.

The project, developed by Bess Arctic, carries an estimated development cost of AUD 118 million, per ESS News. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure has entered an equity partnership with SMT Energy that provides up to USD 268 million in parent-company capital to expand SMT's U.S. battery energy storage platform, according to a statement carried by citybiz.

The commitment builds on prior backing. Climate Adaptive Infrastructure had already deployed USD 32 million into SMT Energy assets before the new agreement.

Alongside tax equity and project-level debt, the capital will fund the development, construction and operation of battery storage projects across the United States.

Expedition Infrastructure Partners, or XIP, served as financial advisor to SMT Energy on the transaction.

Electricity supply to the townships of Kyaukme and Hsipaw has been restored after outages that ran for more than two years, according to Eleven Myanmar.

The outlet reported that national-grid electricity to Kyaukme was cut off on June 25, 2024, with Hsipaw disconnected the following day, on June 26, 2024.

Repair work began on November 15, 2025, when the Ministry of Electric Power and Energy started reconstruction in the two townships after the Tatmadaw regained control of them, per Eleven Myanmar.