2025 Agenda
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The Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA) is the largest interconnected grid in the world. With the Baltics recently decoupling from the Belorussian grid to Continental Europe, what change has been experienced here and what role did Energy Storage have to play? As the continued buildout of renewables continues, this opening keynote session looks at the macro-level picture of energy storage, and how Europe can come together as one.
- Can Europe achieve 200GW of Energy Storage by 2030?
- With the aim of creating a cross-border energy market in Europe, what are the benefits of PICASSO, MARI, and TERRE?
- How quickly do TSO’s see renewables being deployed?
- Highlight of the Baltic decoupling.
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Entering its final year, the Capacity Market Auctions have been widely regarded successful in creating the foundation of Poland’s energy storage market, and positioning Poland as the leader in the region. In the most recent auction, BESS won 50% more projects than in 2024, up to 2.5GW from 1.7GW. Despite this, there are concerns that gas is being given another chance – so where do we go from here?
- The derating factor has decreased from 95%, to just 61% in 2024’s most recent auction. With the closing price decreasing from 2022’s PLN 406.35/kW/year, to PLN 264.90/kW/year, what does this mean for the market?
- New subsidy schemes from the Modernisation Fund, and National Recovery Resiliency Plan could see almost PLN 5 billion available to support the growth of energy storage – how has this been received?
- Does Poland need more Capacity Market Auctions, or can it stand on its own?
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Deployment & Operations
Financing & New Markets
Opening up our Financing & New Markets stream, we have a panel battle for the first time!
This session takes 4 investors, all with competing views on their appetites for ‘new markets’. Who do you side with, and will you be swayed?
This will take a debate format, as each panelist has their view on which market is hottest, and our audience will vote for their winner of the first ever Panel Battle!
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Poland is seen as one of the most established markets in the whole of the Central Eastern Europe Region. With 7GW expected online by 2030, and the first projects from the Capacity Market Auction marked for 2027, what are the biggest developments + obstacles right now in the Polish market?
- What are the first projects coming online in 2025 expected to look like?
- When do experienced industry heads foresee the market coming to mature?
- What is one piece of advice to give anyone considering being involved in the Poland Market?
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On 8th February 2025, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in synchonsiation, decoupled from the Brell power grid with Russia, and successfully connected to EU’s network. How does the Baltics future plans, enable long-term market viability?
- What is the need for energy storage and what does the pipeline look like?
- What subsidies are coming for the region?
- What will the market integration look like?
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With BESS going from strength to strength across Central Eastern Europe, with many projects reaching financial close, awarded subsidies, and beginning construction, what are the biggest challenges to deployment? Developers have suggested connection queues as the #1 biggest hindrance to the deployment of BESS, with reports of some projects taking up to 450 days to be granted access.
- How can grid connection queues be reduced?
- What regulatory challenges are developers seeing which may cause a hinderance when deploying BESS?
- What are the consequences of 12 month+ grid connection queues?
Whilst large subsidies and government support schemes are available, not everyone will have access to these and not every scheme will fully support the storage project. As we are seeing markets mature and develop, what are the hottest new revenue streams to consider, and how can these make a viable case for energy storage?
- What is the ancillary market looking like?
- What are the different revenue strategies being employed?
- Can tolling agreements be viable?
- How does the initial balancing market mechanism look for the market?
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Deployment & Operations
Financing & New Markets
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55% of the large-scale energy storage installations between 2021 and 2030 will take place on co-located sites. What are the opportunities and challenges presented by co-location? Bringing hybridisation in can bridge the gap between generation and utilization and offer a competitive advantage for energy storage.
- What are the benefits of co-located sites and how can revenue opportunities be unlocked?
- How can hybridisation and co-location be used in tandem?
- How important is co-location in the support of the grid?
- How can owning co-located assets help get around issues related to grid constraints?
Romania has set some of the most ambitious targets for storage in the region, targeting 2.5GW of energy storage operating by the end of 2025, and up to 5GW total in 2026. With a wealth of subsidy schemes, funds and investors looking to the region, where is the opportunity in Romania and why should you be considering it?
- Hear operators and developers experience with the market
- What are the fundamentals which make the market so appealing?
- An overview of grants & subsidies available.
- Why are investors interested in the region?
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For a first time, we are bringing the Battery Time Capsules to the Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe. As our final session of Day One, this session will take the form of networking roundtables.
Each table represents a European Market and will have a representative market host. On the table, will be two envelopes, with pen and paper and the participants will be tasked with writing down 3 predictions for each market, for 2026 and 2028 respectively:
- How much storage will be operational in 2026/28 and how much will be in the pipeline?
- Where will the market rank for energy storage in the region?
- What will the biggest developments and obstacles be in the next 1/3 years?
This will then be signed & sealed, to be opened in one and three years’ time at the 2026/2028 editions, and the predictions will then be matched with reality – how close will your market table be to the predictions?
Panel Information:
Moderator – Magdalena Statucka, Cooperation Manager, PESA
Roundtable Representatives:
- Poland: PESA – Piotr Szczeciński and Maciej Szambleańczyk
- Ukraine: Dentons – Maksym Sysoiev
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One of the biggest obstacles to deployment and the buildout of BESS, is the lack of regulation and recognition for batteries. With the industry keen to see actualised projects come to fruition, the time for speculation is over. What can be done industry-wide to open markets through regulation?
• Batteries are often mis-classified legally as single use, or treated akin to a warehouse; how much is this hampering the industry?
• What regulation does the industry want to see?
• To reach long term renewable deployment plans, what needs to change for BESS to become viable?
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Once viewed as an immature market and surrounded by uncertainty, it is clear now that energy storage is not only vital to the net-zero transmission, but it is also here to stay. This Day Two keynote panel looks at banks perspectives on storage, and what role they see themselves having to play. How comfortable are they with risk?
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What burning questions do you have about Energy Storage and the Central Eastern European region? Whether it is about the investor perspective, revenues, deployments, hot new markets, this session will reveal all!
Join us on this panel of world-class speakers and market experts, for an interactive Q&A Session with the audience!
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Deployment & Operations
Financing & New Markets
This presentation from Informa Markets Research showcases the latest energy storage trends in the UK & Ireland, and what lessons or warnings here can be translated to the Central Eastern Europe market.
In a world of profit margins and ROI, integrating software into your battery energy storage systems can greatly enhance its optimal performance. With AI largely considered to be in its infancy, now is an exciting time as ever to explore the possibilities of optimization and how this can impact you!
- What can software providers do for you?
- How can software improve your battery portfolio?
- Where is the industry heading?
Considered one of the hottest markets of 2025, this panel looks at the opportunities presented in the market, which countries are hottest, and why can’t you afford to miss out on the opportunity?
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Deployment & Operations
Financing & New Markets
From early 2027, the battery passport regulations will be in effect across the whole of the EU. What are the key considerations for this, and further afield, when thinking about building your battery?
- Supply Chain & Procurement Strategies
- Battery Passport Considerations
Ukraine has undergone tumultuous development over the past few years. There is now a clear path emerging for Ukraine in terms of energy storage, and the potential for it to become a powerhouse for renewables over the coming years. This panel looks at exactly that, how can energy storage shape the Ukrainian renewable market?
- What are the Ukrainian auctions for storage?
- New legislation on cable pulling – what does this mean?
- Last year frequency containment reserves, and frequency restoration became available for the next 5 years, what does this look like?
- What is the Ukrainian need for storage, and how will this build out?
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One of the pivotal considerations as energy storage begins to be classified as ‘critical infrastructure’, is what this means for safety and security? This panel examines the main focus points and discusses the following:
- Fire Safety
- Cyber Security
- Energy Security
With subsidies not covering 100% of energy storage projects, developers are having to look further afield to create viable financial structures. This session includes investors and developers alike, who are navigating this field and showcases their experience and approach to the market.
- How comfortable are investors with merchant financing?
- What is the current risk appetite?
- What is the panel’s view on optimal financial structures (such as offtake agreements, tolling, contracted)?
