Octopus Energy Generation has partnered with ZE Energy to invest in and build one of Italy's biggest BESS projects, while Eco Stor has secured financing for one of Germany's.

German-Norwegian power storage systems provider Eco Stor has closed project financing for a 300-MW/718-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Förderstedt, Saxony-Anhalt.

Renewables investor Octopus Energy Generation has teamed up with French solar-plus-storage specialist ZE Energy to build a 98.5-MW/895-MWh battery project in Italy, one of the…