Eku Energy Acquires 1.6GWh Battery Storage Project in Germany

Romanian utility Electrica has obtained grid connection approvals for 17 battery energy storage system (BESS) projects with a combined storage capacity of approximately 700MWh. The approvals allow the projects to move into the design, permitting and construction stages, with all installations targeted for commissioning by the end of 2027.

BYD Energy Storage has signed a cooperation agreement with Greenvolt Power to jointly develop the 600MW/2.4GWh Siedlce battery energy storage project in Poland. The project is expected to become the country's largest battery energy storage installation, with construction scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026 and commercial operation targeted by the end of 2027.

On June 30, Siemens Energy announced that it had recently secured, together with Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe), a contract from German transmission system operator 50Hertz to provide the grid connection system for the North Sea Connector 2 offshore wind grid connection project in the European North Sea. Once operational, the project will be able to transmit up to 2GW of offshore wind power to the onshore grid. The North Sea Connector 2 converter platform will be built by NSORe, a joint venture between Neptun Werft, part of Germany’s Meyer Werft Group, and Belgian construction company Smulders. Siemens Energy will provide the transmission technology and related equipment for the offshore converter platform, with around 95% of the equipment to be manufactured at Siemens Energy’s plants in Germany.