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Marija Maisch News Director
Marija Maisch News Director

Marija Maisch

Marija has years of experience in a news agency environment and writing for print and online publications. She took over as the editor of pv magazine Australia in 2018 and helped establish its online presence over a two-year period.

Since December 2021, Marija has been working as staff editor at pv magazine Global for both online and monthly print publications, specializing in Eastern European solar markets, battery energy storage systems, and electric vehicles. In 2024, she took the role of Energy Storage News Director, leading the coverage on pv magazine’s sister website ESS News.

Articles written by Marija Maisch

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Markets
Prevalon bags 800 MWh project from Idaho Power, Westbridge announces five standalone projects in Alberta, Plenitude takes stake in 368 MWh of colocated storage in California From big supply deals to new project announcements and acqusitions, grid-scale battery energy storage in North America is going from strength to strength.
Marija Maisch
Jan 16, 2025
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Software
Finnish telcom operator Elisa to optimize 100 MWh sand battery Touted as the world's biggest project of the kind, the sand battery developed by the Tampere-based company Polar Night Energy will use crushed soapstone, a by-product from a fireplace manufacturer, as its storage medium.
Marija Maisch
Jan 16, 2025
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Tenders
China’s CGN New Energy announces winning bidders in 10 GWh BESS tender The procurement exercise has attracted 50 battery energy storage companies but only seven have emerged as winners. The lowest bid stood at CNY 0.458/Wh ($63/kWh).
Marija Maisch
Jan 15, 2025
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Grid-scale
Polat Energy, Rolls Royce join hands on Turkey’s largest battery energy storage project The 132 MWh battery energy storage project will be collocated with an operating wind farm.
Marija Maisch
Jan 15, 2025
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Sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries face uphill struggle to beat lithium-ion on cost A new Stanford University study finds that there are several several key routes that sodium-ion battery developers can take to compete on price, specifically against a low-cost variant of the lithium-ion battery known as lithium iron phosphate (LFP).
Marija Maisch
Jan 14, 2025
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Distributed
Greece launches C&I battery storage subsidy program With a budget of EUR 153.7 million ($157.7 million), the Storage Systems in Businesses program of the Ministry of Environment and Energy opened on Monday for submission of applications.
Marija Maisch
Jan 14, 2025
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Pumped storage hydropower plant
Auctions
Philippines ups pumped hydro procurement target to 4,250 MW The expanded procurement exercise is held under the the third round of the country's Green Energy Auction (GEA-3).
Marija Maisch
Jan 13, 2025
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Supply chain
Where will lithium-ion battery prices go in 2025? After tumbling to record low in 2024 on the back of lower metal costs and increased scale, lithium-ion battery prices are expected to enter a period of stabilization.
Marija Maisch
Jan 13, 2025
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Projects & Applications
Eni Plenitude completes its largest battery storage project in Texas The 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) was acquired from developer Baywa r.e., along with a nearby utility-scale solar plant, in 2022.
Marija Maisch
Jan 13, 2025

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