Thermal energy storage (TES) technology company Kyoto Group’s latest project will displace the use of natural gas at a corn processing plant in Hungary, Europe.

Renalfa IPP has secured a €315 million (US$367 million) financing package from an EBRD-led consortium to support a 1.6GW renewables, 3.3GWh BESS rollout in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and North Macedonia.

Hungarian distribution system operator (DSO) Opus Titasz has commissioned and put into operation four BESS projects.

IPP MET Group has put a 40M/80MWh BESS in Hungary into commercial operation, deployed using technology from Huawei.

Three executives from the world’s largest battery company CATL gave a Q&A at ees Europe last week, with Energy-Storage.news in attendance.

We hear from IPP Greenvolt about its big wins for BESS projects in last year’s capacity market (CM) auction in Poland.

Hungary’s subsidy scheme for energy storage will drive huge growth in BESS deployments over the next few years.

Poland looks set to lead battery storage deployments in Eastern Europe, with 9GW of battery storage projects offered grid connections and 16GW registered for the ongoing capacity market auction.

The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) energy storage market is in its infancy but has the potential to leapfrog more developed markets with Poland in a leading position, said executives from Fluence.

The CEE energy storage market holds much promise but grants and subsidies might be needed to get it off the ground.