Hungary’s ‘advanced’ subsidy scheme to drive mass BESS deployments
Hungary’s subsidy scheme for energy storage will drive huge growth in BESS deployments over the next few years.
‘Flexibility and storage will be key’: Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe kicks off
Flexibility will be a critical piece of the grid of the future and energy storage will play a central role in that, keynote speakers said at Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) 2024 today.
Energy storage de-rating factor cut in Poland capacity market ‘created an opportunity’
The decision to slash energy storage de-rating factors for the next capacity market auction in Poland will not be the death knell of the market, and may actually have some positives, project developers and IPPs said.
ROUNDUP: Large-scale BESS moves in Germany, Sweden and Romania from Return/SemperPower, Flower and CIS
Investor Return has acquired an energy storage development platform in Germany, Swedish optimiser Flower has bought another large-scale BESS project, while Romania’s CIS Group has revealed a flurry of solar and storage projects.
Electrica to build partially EU-funded 70MWh BESS in Romania
DNO and IPP Electrica has received €3.4 million (US$3.8 million) in EU grants for a c.70MWh BESS project it will build in Romania.
ROUNDUP: BESS projects in Sweden, Denmark and Latvia
News from the Nordics and the Baltics, with BESS projects launched in Sweden, Denmark and Latvia by Centrica, Nordic Solar and Niam Infrastructure and Evecon.
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy opens 3GWh tender for standalone energy storage
The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy began accepting applications yesterday (21 August) in tenders for 3,000MWh of energy storage capacity.
Northvolt selling cathode and ESS sites, sharpening focus to battery cell production
Sweden-headquartered lithium-ion technology Northvolt has concluded its strategic review, revealing it is divesting or ceasing non-core activities, sharpening its focus to battery cell manufacturing and reducing its workforce.
DTEK to build 200MW of BESS in Ukraine as Russia’s attacks on grid set to continue
Investor DTEK will build 200MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine as the country enters its third winter of war with Russia, with continued attacks on its electricity infrastructure looming.
Rimac using pre-lithiation for ‘zero capacity fade for first two years’ in BESS
Rimac Energy’s SineStack battery energy storage system (BESS) will deliver ‘zero energy capacity fade’ for the first two years of operation.
