Tavion Begins Building a Battery Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Six months after its launch, Swedish storage developer Tavion has moved from paperwork to construction in Poland. Work started on a battery park in Bydgoszcz, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, sized at 20 MW of grid connection and 40 MWh of installed storage, a two-hour system.

Two projects moving in parallel after September financing

A second park in Luboń is scheduled to begin construction within two weeks, with a third project to follow after that. The company credits its ability to run two developments simultaneously to preparation done ahead of its funding round. Land, grid connection and permits for the sites were all secured before Tavion closed its USD 56 million raise in equity and debt in September.

According to the company, that sequencing is what allows the projects to start together rather than one after another. "Poland needs more flexibility in its grid now, and every month we save on the way to operation counts," said Emad Zand, CEO of Tavion.

Partners gather as work gets under way

The groundbreaking in Bydgoszcz brought together the project's delivery chain. Enea Operator, the distribution grid operator the parks will connect to, was on site alongside balance of plant contractor Esix Polska, BESS integrator HyperStrong and owner's engineer Ayesa.

Tavion was represented by CEO Emad Zand, Chief Development Officer Katarzyna Suchcicka and COO Mathieu Beunier. Suchcicka, who also serves as the company's Country Head Poland, framed the projects against the wider shortfall in the national market.

"Poland is adding renewables faster than it can store them. These parks will not close that gap, but they are among the first batteries in the country to actually be built. From here it is about delivery: grid connection in 2027, together with Esix Polska and Enea Operator," she said.

Entering a market with almost no operating storage

By starting construction at this scale, Tavion places itself among the first companies to build grid-connected batteries in Poland. The country has one of the fastest-growing storage markets in Europe, yet almost no grid-connected batteries are currently in operation. The company points to three drivers behind the demand it sees for storage in Poland: a rising share of renewables in the power mix, the ongoing coal phase-out and high price volatility.

184 MW ready to build within a 1.7 GW pipeline

The Bydgoszcz and Luboń parks form part of a 184 MW portfolio that Tavion holds at or close to the ready-to-build stage in Poland. That portfolio sits inside a broader national project pipeline of 1.7 GW, giving the young company, now half a year old, a development base that extends well beyond the two sites currently under way.