battery storage
Croatian startup to build largest battery system in Southeastern Europe
15 September 2022 - Croatia got the green light from Brussels for a EUR 19.8 million grant to IE-Energy for a massive energy storage project
Akuo’s Scotto: Power prices can only be tamed with renewables, storage
14 September 2022 - Eric Scotto from Akuo Energy said renewables are the only option for easing power price volatility and stressed that storage is essential
EU approves state aid to Greece for 900 MW in energy storage
13 September 2022 - Projects will be selected through a transparent and non-discriminatory bidding process, the European Commission said
Energy storage is among pillars of Bulgaria’s green recovery plan
09 August 2022 - All political parties in Bulgaria are determined to avoid breaching deadlines from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, says Dimitar Zwiatkow from law firm CMS Sofia
Austrian investors building largest battery unit in Romania
03 August 2022 - Megalodon Storage intends to complete its 7 MW lithium ion battery storage unit in Ilfov county near Bucharest next year
Lithium salts could be declared health hazard in EU
09 June 2022 - A major lithium producer threatened to close its plant in Germany if the European Union declares the material dangerous to human health
TransitionZero: switching straight to renewables is now cheaper than coal-to-gas shift
16 May 2022 - Switching from coal straight to solar and wind energy and battery storage would enable electricity producers in the EU to save USD 90 per ton of CO2 on the carbon price, says TransitionZero
AES Bulgaria to look into developing solar, energy storage projects
05 May 2022 - AES Bulgaria will explore options for developing a combined 100 MW solar power and battery energy storage project
Join SolarEdge Roadshow 2022 touring South-East Europe in May, June
13 April 2022 - This spring, for the first time, Solar Edge is touring six countries of the SEE region in a series of in-person event programs
EU greenlights Bulgaria’s recovery, resilience plan
07 April 2022 - The EU is about to formally adopt a EUR 6.3 billion grant package for Bulgaria as the European Commission finally endorsed its recovery and resilience plan
Hellenic Petroleum inaugurates Europe’s biggest solar park with two-sided panels
06 April 2022 - Oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum put the largest solar park in Greece into operation while PM Mitsotakis said coal output must jump 50%
Slovenia, Croatia launch trial operation of joint 50 MWh battery storage
06 April 2022 - The Sincro.Grid project passed another milestone with the start of the trial operation of two battery storage units with 10 MW in total power
Kosovo* to install 200 MWh battery storage system
24 March 2022 - The government has approved the initiative to negotiate the co-financing agreement between Kosovo* and the US development agency MCC
Bulgarian state-owned firm to develop battery energy storage network
15 March 2022 - The Restore project in Bulgaria for battery energy storage will have a capacity of 6 GWh, and it will balance electricity from renewables
Vulcan expands to Italy with geothermal lithium research permit
02 February 2022 - The Cesano geothermal area near Rome has potential for sustainable lithium battery chemicals development, Vulcan Energy said
Turkey gets first battery-only power project, worth USD 250 million
27 January 2022 - Progresiva applied for the installation and operation of an energy storage system at a site near Istanbul, the first of its kind in Turkey