Fortis Energy has secured a construction permit for a 270MW PV plant combined with a 72MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Serbia.
The Turkish renewable energy company said that once operational, the project would be one of the largest combined solar-plus-storage projects in southeastern Europe.
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The company announced the acquisition of the project from an unnamed party in 2024. Initially, the stated BESS component was 36MWh.
According to an update on the project on its LinkedIn page, Fortis said it had a grid connection permit for 180MW AC and that construction would begin in the second quarter of 2026. The project will be built on a site located south of the Sava River, near the city of Sremska Mitrovica, west of Belgrade.
Fortis said it had a 2.5GW pipeline of renewable energy projects under development in its focus markets in Central and Eastern Europe, with an aim to bring 1.2GW of these to fruition by 2027. Most of its operational projects are in its home market of Turkey, but the company has a growing presence in the Balkans.
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