Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Grid Connection Queues

Synopsis

Connecting to the grid is one of the most important aspects of deployment in energy storage, which is especially the case in Central Eastern Europe. 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 connecting?
• What are the consequences of 12 month+ grid connection queues?