Could Southeast Europe Be The Next Growth Market For Energy Storage

Southeast Europe faces a wide range of political and economic challenges, not least in the energy arena. Infrastructure quality in the region varies widely, and the emphasis on coal and hydropower to the exclusion of other renewables sets the area apart from the rest of Europe. But plans are in place that could turn the region into a budding energy storage market -- helping it improve the grid network and making it more energy-secure. "Energy storage can play a major role in contributing to the energy security of the region," said Gabriela Cretu, an electricity and renewable energy expert at the European Union-backed Energy Community policy group. Gjergji Simaku, head of Renewables and Energy Efficiency at the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry, says that the top driver of that country's deployment of renewable energy is domestic energy security, followed by sustaina...

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