Poland's battery storage market is skipping the pilot phase, with its first projects starting at 200MW, a size it took Germany five years to reach. And because of the way Poland runs its grid, two identical batteries in different locations can earn very different amounts. With over 2GW of batteries expected on the grid by 2028, the market is about to change fast.
Ed Porter is joined by Aleksandra Radwańska, Country Lead Poland at Entrix, and Jan Kłoczko at Entrix, to unpack what it takes to optimise batteries in a market scaling this fast.
They cover:
- How two identical batteries in different parts of Poland can earn very different amounts, and why each needs its own scorecard.
- Why getting a new battery approved to support Poland's grid can take up to two years, while everyone is still learning the rules.
- How over 2GW of batteries expected by 2028, in a country that peaks at around 25GW, will change the way power is traded in Poland.
- What battery owners are choosing between: guaranteed-income deals that help secure loans, or betting on the market.
- Why Poland's single national electricity price is coming under strain as the grid gets more congested.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Poland's battery storage market: straight to 200MW
1:17 Central dispatch and location-based battery revenues
4:11 Credible battery optimisers vs good pitch decks
6:46 Benchmarking optimiser performance per asset
9:08 Ancillary services prequalification in Poland
12:47 Starting with 100-200MW batteries: no sandbox
13:19 Intraday liquidity and the TSO balancing crackdown
15:27 Wholesale trading patterns and Poland's duck curve
18:44 Over 2GW of batteries by 2028
20:11 Route to market: floors, tolls and merchant
24:01 Flexible and asymmetric grid connections
27:29 Lessons from bringing large batteries online
28:48 Contrarian view: one national price, a constrained grid
30:47 Contrarian view: collaboration over complaint
