Engineering consultancy Sweco has been contracted to design one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems with a storage capacity of 2,800MWh in Belgium.

The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion (US$1.32 billion) state aid package for Poland to support the deployment of electricity storage facilities.

The EU could save €9 billion a year in gas costs by deploying BESS to capture excess wind and solar, according to think tank Ember.

The EU’s security requirements for energy assets including energy storage are increasing as the risks grow, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Supply chain risk platform Infyos discusses its research into forced and child labour in the battery supply chain, suppliers risk of exposure to it and what business risks that could entail for those in the ESS industry – particularly around the EU Batteries Regulation.

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.

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.

Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of system integrator Fluence.

Developer LC energy has won an irrevocable permit for a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands, one of the largest in the country to do so.

PV module manufacturer Trina Solar has deployed its first energy storage project in Italy, for its project development arm.