Featured in Building resilience – 04-2026

Tolling takes off in Europe

Tolling was the fastest-growing BESS revenue structure in 2025, according to Modo Energy. The benchmarker’s European BESS 2025 report, published in March 2026, recorded 15 publicly announced deals, up from just three in 2024. Germany and the United Kingdom were the top markets for offtake agreements, followed by Italy and France.

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Matthew Lynas

02 Apr 2026

People in hard hats and high vis vests at a battery project.

BW ESS and its partner Penso Power signed a seven-year tolling agreement in 2024 for the now commissioned 100 MW/330 MWh Bramley BESS, the first project in Europe to deploy Sungrow’s PowerTitan 2.0 liquid-cooled BESS. | Image: Sungrow

Increased tolling activity coincided with a major uplift in disclosed debt for BESS projects, reaching €5 billion ($5.7 billion) in 2025 from €1.4 billion the previous year. Modo Energy tracked 77 deals across 13 countries with a total disclosed value of €7.5 billion. These included project finance, mergers and acquisitions, equity investment, and offtake agreement …

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