Battery storage is adding a timing dimension to Southeast European power trading, changing how traders weigh immediate sales against storing electricity for later. Regional battery capacity is already substantial in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece.
North Macedonia is structuring its planned 100 MW / 400 MWh Bitola battery as strategic grid infrastructure, with an estimated cost of 98 million euros. The EBRD is considering a sovereign-guaranteed loan of up to 33.1 million euros, alongside other expected financing.
Fortis Energy’s ready-to-build portfolio is described as combining 375 MWp of solar and 112 MWh of storage, but its two listed projects total 345 MWp of solar. The discrepancy comes as corporate PPAs in Southeast Europe move toward shaped renewable deliveries backed by storage.
Battery growth across Southeast Europe is expected to flatten evening price premiums and change storage returns. The premium may persist on days when scarcity outlasts batteries’ ability to respond.
Bugarski državni operater za distribuciju i skladišenje gasa Bulgartransgas razmotriće sve mogućnosti ulaganja u još jedan terminal za tečni prirodni gas (LNG) u Grčkoj,...
Bugarski državni operater za distribuciju i skladišenje gasa Bulgartransgas razmotriće sve mogućnosti ulaganja u još jedan terminal za tečni prirodni gas (LNG) u Grčkoj,...