BUZZ — Fluence rises on Vattenfall battery storage project

* Fluence shares gain 1.77% to $6.90 premarket * The energy storage provider signs deal with Vattenfall to deliver a 254 MW battery storage facility in Germany * Facility, with capacity exceeding 1,000 MWh, expected to be among Germany's largest such projects and the Swedish state-owned energy company's largest battery project * Vattenfall says FLNC to provide turnkey engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning, plus long-term service support * Construction expected to begin in 2027; commissioning, grid connection planned for end-2028 * FLNC fell over 65% YTD, as of last close (Reporting by Jayasree Prabhu) ((jayasree.prabhu@thomsonreuters.com)