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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.
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Articles written by Marija Maisch
Sunotec, Shell seal cross-border hedge for 600+ MWh battery storage
In a double announcement, Bulgarian energy storage and solar developer Sunotec confirmed two major milestones: the signing of a cross-border spread hedge agreement with Shell, linked to more than 600 MWh of battery energy storage projects, and the official signing of a 2.4 GWh battery storage supply agreement with Sungrow.
Nov 04, 2025
Batteries make strong contribution in Belgium’s latest capacity market auctions
As in last year’s auctions, battery storage accounted for nearly all of the new-build capacity selected in the three 2025 capacity market auctions. Across all procurements to date, 1.6 GW of new-build battery capacity has been awarded capacity payments by the winter of 2029-2030.
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Latvia adds big batteries to complete grid sync with Europe, two major Estonian projects secure finance
The addition of two utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Latvia marks the final milestone in synchronizing the Baltic power grids with continental Europe, according to the country’s transmission system operator. Meanwhile, Estonia is advancing two major BESS projects, backed with €85 million in financing, in another key step toward energy independence.
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