Energy Storage Corporations as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs): Corporate Governance and Regulatory Challenges in Grid-Scale Energy Storage: The Case of Kosovo

Recording of Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | Intersolar & ees Middle East Conference | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 9:06 .

Speaker

Dr. Gezim Tosuni
University Corporate Governance Professor, Member
State Quality Council (SQC)
Kosovo

Talk of session: Long-Duration Energy Storage - What's Holding it Back, When Will it Break Through?

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is undoubtedly a key enabler for achieving net-zero. However, despite a wide range of technology providers claiming cost competitiveness and other advantages over lithium-ion batteries, the latter continue to dominate new deployments. So what's holding LDES back? What is needed to enable more widespread adoption? And when will the age of LDES finally arrive?

Further Talks of this session:

The Importance of LDES for EMEA Region

Speaker

Eren Engür
Managing Director
Malta Inc
US

To Talk

Retired Electic Vehicle (EV) Batteries for the Renewable Energy Storage Applications

Speaker

Dr. Muhammad Rashid
Assistant Professor
University of Warwick
UK

To Talk

Role of Green Hydrogen in Long Term Storage

Speaker

Karim Megherbi
Executive Director
Orisun Invest
UAE

To Talk

Sodium-Sulfur Batteries for Long Duration Stationary Energy Storage

Speaker

Uwe Fuchs
Projectmanager, Sales
BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Further Content

Battery Business & Development Forum

BESS Routes-to-Market in Europe: Merchant, Capacity, and Tolling — What Works Where

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:45am–1:00pm

This session breaks down the three dominant routes-to-market in Europe and examines where they work in practice, how they are structured, and what risks they carry.

Battery Business & Development Forum

Start-up Pitch Session | New Players in BESS: Technologies, Business Models and Market Entry

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 5:10pm–6:00pm

Each company gives a short pitch, followed by brief discussion and feedback from the moderator.

Battery Business & Development Forum

Future-Proof BESS: Procurement, Design and Lessons from Operating Projects

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 2:45pm–4:00pm

This session examines how procurement, system design and construction choices affect project outcomes — and what developers should do differently.

Battery Business & Development Forum

Capital Flows into BESS: Where Investors Put Money and What They Expect Now

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 10:00am–11:15am

Capital for battery storage is available — but it is becoming more selective.

Battery Business & Development Forum

Financing BESS: What Banks Accept — and Where Deals Break

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 2:00pm–3:15pm

This session brings together banks, developers, offtakers and investors to discuss what is currently financeable, how contracts are structured in practice, and where expectations diverge.