https://cellsdesk.com/analysis.htmlTwice-weekly battery market analysis for Central & Eastern Europe.enhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/samsung-sdi-ess-boom-hungary-god.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/samsung-sdi-ess-boom-hungary-god.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000Samsung SDI returned to profit on energy storage demand centred on the US, while its Göd plant in Hungary keeps expanding for electric-car cells.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/thermal-runaway-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/thermal-runaway-explained.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000China's new battery standard requires that a single-cell thermal runaway causes no fire or explosion – pushing pack makers towards better barriers such as aerogels.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-4.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-4.htmlFri, 30 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Poland's electric bus registrations jump more than sixfold, LG Energy Solution eyes Baltic storage with Energix and German battery spreads hit a post-2022 high.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/tabless-cell-to-pack-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/tabless-cell-to-pack-explained.htmlThu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Fewer modules, shorter current paths and cells built straight into the pack or the car – how battery design, not only chemistry, is raising range and cutting cost.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/battery-passport-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/battery-passport-explained.htmlWed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000From February 2027 EV, light-vehicle and larger industrial batteries sold in the EU need a digital passport with a QR code – here is what it contains, who can see it and what it costs.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/gryfino-bess-chinese-bid-excluded.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/gryfino-bess-chinese-bid-excluded.htmlWed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000PGE has broken ground on its Gryfino storage project after rejecting a bid with Chinese technology, using procurement rules Poland tightened in 2025.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-3.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-3.htmlTue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Greenvolt agrees to sell 1.6 GWh of Polish storage, Prague proposes delaying two capacity auctions and solid-state cells move from labs to production lines.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/silicon-anodes-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/silicon-anodes-explained.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Silicon can store far more lithium than graphite, and silicon-carbon materials are now made at automotive scale – the challenge is controlling how much silicon swells.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-2.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-2.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Brussels picks LG Energy Solution's LFP line in Poland for Innovation Fund support, Germany nearly doubles storage additions and a VW recall and Sonnen's insolvency show the risks.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/sodium-ion-batteries-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/sodium-ion-batteries-explained.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Sodium-ion cells trade some energy density for low cost, strong cold-weather performance and no lithium, nickel or cobalt – here is where they fit and what is still missing.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/solid-state-batteries-explained.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/solid-state-batteries-explained.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Semi-solid cells are already commercial and Saft has opened solid-state lines in France, but all-solid-state batteries for mass-market cars are still years away.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/batteries-beat-gas-peakers-poland.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/batteries-beat-gas-peakers-poland.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour storage cheaper than gas peaking plants in every market it modelled, but Poland's capacity auction rules decide what actually gets built.https://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-1.htmlhttps://cellsdesk.com/articles/cee-battery-brief-1.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000A 1.14 GWh Polish storage portfolio changes hands, grid-scale installations keep accelerating, lithium prices soften and European integrators get ready for sodium-ion.