Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

/PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, September 9, 2026, 11:30 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The Renewable Market Watch is pleased to support the 11th edition of the Smart Energy Forum 2026, the leading exhibition and conference in Czechia for the Solar Industry.

/BRUSSELS, September 9, 2026, 9:30 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ In the six months after the outbreak of the Iran War, solar power delivered over €30 billion in cost savings for Europe by reducing the need for gas imports, according to SolarPower Europe.

/SOFIA, BULGARIA, September 8, 2026, 10:00 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Bulgaria’s solar market is entering a new phase. With nearly 6 GW of solar capacity installed and momentum building toward 10 GW, the focus of the market is increasingly shifting from simply adding capacity to developing smarter, more flexible and financially sustainable projects.

/BELGRADE, SERBIA, September 4, 2026, 10:00 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Serbia has achieved a major milestone in its grid modernisation journey, with over 900,000 customers now equipped with advanced smart meters. This large-scale deployment, led by Elektrodistribucija Srbije (EDS) and underpinned by strategic investments from the European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), positions Serbia as a regional leader in digital energy infrastructure.

/SOFIA, BULGARIA, August 28, 2026, 10:00 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The Renewable Market Watch is pleased to support RENPOWER BULGARIA 2026, the 2nd edition of the senior-level conference: “Building Bulgaria’s Next Generation of Utility-Scale Renewable & BESS Projects”.

/BRUSSELS, August 27, 2026, 10:30 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €9.2 billion in new financing to drive European economic competitiveness, fast-track the energy transition, and expand strategic global partnerships. This comprehensive package, endorsed by the EIB’s Board of Directors, allocates €4.3 billion to support companies across Croatia, the Czech […]

/BUDAPEST, SOFIA, BUCHAREST, August 18, 2026, 9:30 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The summer of 2026 presented an extraordinary convergence of risks across the energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe. Prolonged extreme heat and severe drought conditions drove the Danube River to historic lows, exposing critical vulnerabilities in the region’s energy infrastructure and dramatically affecting […]

/BRUSSELS, August 17, 2026, 9:00 CEST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 aims to ensure that, in the future, batteries have a low carbon footprint, use minimal harmful substances, need fewer raw materials from non-European Union (EU) countries and are collected, reused and recycled to a high degree within the EU.

/LONDON, August 13, 2026, 10:30 BST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), via its flagship Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV) fund, has launched commercial operations at Coalburn 1—a market-defining battery energy storage system (BESS) setting new industry standards for size and impact in Europe. With a capacity of 500 MW/1,000 MWh (two-hour duration), Coalburn 1 is the largest operational battery facility on the continent, establishing a new benchmark for grid-scale flexibility and storage innovation.