Dimitar Dimitrov: Battery developers should seek insurance in early project stages
Developers of BESS should engage with insurers or specialized brokers as early as the project development stage, said Dimitar Dimitrov.
MET Group inaugurates Hungary’s largest battery energy storage system
MET Group installed a battery energy storage system of 40 MW and a two-hour duration at its gas power plant Dunamenti near Budapest
World’s largest sand battery commissioned in Finland
A sand battery is a high-temperature thermal energy storage system, first developed by the start-up Polar Night Energy.
Svetlana Cerović: Serbia should consider the role of batteries in next renewables auction
Energy storage rules would complete Serbia's regulatory framework for renewables, Svetlana Cerović said at BEF 2025
Eric Scotto: Falling storage and renewables costs will help meet rising electricity demand
Thanks to falling costs, renewable energy has already won the race against nuclear power, Eric Scotto said at BEF 2025
BESS factory of 1.5 GWh per year opening near Sofia in Bulgaria
IPS, a Bulgarian manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, is about to launch operations at its new facility near Sofia
Global battery storage capacity expands by record 200 GWh in 2024
The cost of storing electricity has dropped thanks to the declining cost of battery projects and technological advancements, Rystad says
Largest battery storage system in Balkans commissioned in Bulgaria
A BESS facility of 124.1 MW was inaugurated in Lovech in Bulgaria, next to a photovoltaic park in the local industrial zone