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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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Manufacturing
Tesla lands tax abatement for Texas Megapack factory County officials have approved a tax abatement for Tesla to build a manufacturing facility for its utility-scale battery energy storage product, Megapack, in the Lone Star State. The final approval is conditional on an agreement with city authorities.
Marija Maisch
Mar 06, 2025
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Finance
Germany’s first tolled BESS secures project financing The 209 MWh Stendal battery energy storage project is expected to be fully operational by early 2026, one year before its seven-year tolling agreement comes into effect.
Marija Maisch
Mar 05, 2025
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Products
Sungrow unveils 5 kWh home battery system The Chinese manufacturer's new residential battery energy storage system features a compact 182 mm design and is capable of handling a maximum charge/discharge current of 50 A.
Marija Maisch
Mar 05, 2025
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Grid-scale
World’s first battery storage system to provide full active and reactive power services comes online Blackhillock in Scotland is not only Europe's biggest operating battery storage project. It is also the first one to provide a special set of grid stabilization services, procured under the electricity system operator's Pathfinder 2, while also generating revenues from other critical services.
Marija Maisch
Mar 04, 2025
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Flow batteries
Sumitomo Electric launches vanadium redox flow battery with 30-year lifespan The new system comes in three versions, providing up to 10 hours of storage. It achieves improvements in output and energy density, through component enhancements, thereby reducing cost and physical footprint.
Marija Maisch
Mar 03, 2025
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Products
Gotion launches 7 MWh BESS container, 650 Ah cell The Chinese manufacturer has joined the energy density race with the release of its latest utility-scale battery energy storage system and high-capacity cells.
Marija Maisch
Feb 27, 2025
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Fire risk and safety
Huawei’s grid forming BESS delays fire ignition for seven hours in extreme test The Chinese manufacturer subjected its Smart String & Grid Forming ESS to thermal runaway and reported delayed fire ignition for seven hours, even as the number of impacted cells increased.
Marija Maisch
Feb 26, 2025
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Grid-scale
2025 to be record year for U.S. big batteries, EIA says The statistical agency of the U.S. the Department of Energy expects a nearly 80% year-on-year increase in the utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) installation figures.
Marija Maisch
Feb 26, 2025
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Grid-scale
Dubai’s AMEA Power to develop 1.5 GWh standalone BESS in Egypt The developer has announced capacity purchase agreements for the first standalone battery energy storage projects in the country.
Marija Maisch
Feb 25, 2025

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