In this installment of our Year in Review series, we hear from developer and independent power producers (IPPs) Econergy and Ingrid Capacity, both active in the European market.

BESS has won big in Poland’s capacity market (CM) auction for 2029 delivery, with potentially 2.5GW of projects winning contracts including from Axpo, OX2, R.Power, FRV and PGE.

European battery company Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 ‘reorganisation’ bankruptcy in the US, which it said will allow it to restructure its debt to continue scaling the business.

Energy investment group DTEK discusses its large-scale BESS in Ukraine and Poland as well as the ongoing war with Russia.

While everyone agrees the capacity market (CM) is the foundation of the business case for BESS in Poland, that might not always be the case, one developer suggested.

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.

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

Econergy will soon start construction on a 50MW BESS project in Poland, the first of that scale to reach this stage in the market, the Israel-based IPP claimed.

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

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.