CEE BESS market: Gold rush or reality check?

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has attracted growing interest as a destination for renewable energy investment in recent years. While the region remains an emerging market, deployment momentum in some countries is outpacing that of more established Western European markets. For battery energy storage systems (BESS), the CEE region is at a crossroads: build storage capacity ahead of rising renewable generation, drawing on the second-mover advantage of lessons learned in Western Europe, or risk falling behind as curtailment and grid constraints intensify.