Olga Sypula, VP and regional director for Central Europe at developer and IPP European Energy, shares her views on the key trends, opportunities and challenges across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) energy storage market.

Alcemi, developer of some of the UK’s biggest projects, has entered the Romanian battery storage market, while Slovakia’s biggest project to date has gone into operation.

European battery manufacturer and energy storage system integrator InoBat plans to get a Nasdaq listing through a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

European Commission funding is supporting a project to integrate battery storage at a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Slovakia.

The European Council has formally adopted the EU’s support package for its clean energy manufacturing industry, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), amidst mixed fortunes for local battery gigafactory projects.

Fuergy, a Slovakia-based company providing energy storage and management solutions, has raised €16 million (US$17.4 million) from local private equity firm Pro Partners Holding.

Leclanché will deploy a short duration battery energy storage system (BESS) and energy management software to a natural gas power plant in Levice, Slovakia.

The past few days have seen various announcements across the lithium-ion battery production value chain in Europe, Australia and the US.