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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.

marija.maisch@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Marija Maisch

Technologies

Sulzer, Hyme Energy to commercialize novel molten salt energy storage Sulzer is developing advanced pumps for Hyme Energy’s patented molten hydroxide salt energy storage technology. Building on the success of the pioneering Molten Salts Storage (MOSS) project in Denmark, the partners now seek to commercilize the solution.

Mar 27, 2025

Grid-scale

CIP enters Italian market with 2.3 GW BESS pipeline The Danish infrastructure investor has joined hands with GCSS to develop the pipeline of large-scale, standalone battery energy storage projects across both northern and southern Italy.

Mar 26, 2025

Grid-scale

Polish utility plans to add 10 GWh of energy storage projects by 2035 Polish utility PGE Group is planning to add more than 80 energy storage facilities through to 2035 to the tune of PLN 18 billion ($4.7 billion). One of these will be the 981 MWh Zarnowiec battery energy storage project, which will be supplied with locally produced LG Energy Solution's grid-scale systems.

Mar 25, 2025

Sodium-ion batteries

China announces procurement of sodium-ion batteries with price ceiling at $150/kWh The innovative project located in a suburban district in the south of Shanghai will integrate five different energy storage technologies, including sodium-ion batteries. Its first phase will have a cumulative capacity of 40 MW/160 MWh.

Mar 24, 2025

Tenders

China’s Huadian announces winners in 6 GWh BESS tender with average bid at $65/kWh The procurement exercise has attracted 67 battery energy storage companies but only six have emerged as winners. The average bid stood at CNY 0.473/Wh ($65/kWh).

Mar 24, 2025

Fire risk and safety

California rewrites safety standards for battery storage Following the Moss Landing battery fire incident in January 2025, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed further enhancement of battery energy storage safety.

Mar 20, 2025

Industry

Australia’s Altech secures permit to build sodium-ion battery factory in Germany The German subsidiary of the Perth-based sodium chloride solid-state battery specialist is moving ahead with its plans to build a 120 MWh production plant in Saxony, Germany. The project is expected to amount to around €156 million ($170 million).

Mar 19, 2025

Sodium-ion batteries

Estonia’s Freen launches 10 kWh residential sodium-ion battery – updated with price The new home energy storage solution from Estonia's Freen is based on sodium-ion battery chemistry and can be coupled with both rooftop PV and small wind turbines.

Mar 18, 2025

Tenders

Poland finalizes 5 GWh energy storage subsidy scheme A total of PLN 4 billion ($1 billion) will be distributed under the subsidy scheme by the end of 2025 in a bid to bring online more than 5 GWh of energy storage projects by 2028.

Mar 17, 2025

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