Taiwanese energy storage company Taipuwei Energy is extending its business from the Asia-Pacific region into Europe and North America — good news for the Yunbao Energy Group and for investors looking to ride Europe's energy transition.

• Taipuwei held talks with a delegation from Poland's Katowice Special Economic Zone on cooperation in renewable energy, industrial energy storage and energy infrastructure, and is assessing Poland as a base for its push into Europe.
• Poland's energy mix is undergoing a rapid transition, with industrial power use, microgrids and AI data centres all generating new demand for energy storage.
• Taipuwei intends to use its in-house energy management system and its capabilities in integrating hardware and software to find a local partnership model.
• In North America, the company is planning cooperation projects with US partners in commercial and industrial energy storage and energy management.
• It already has a foundation of overseas results: more than 14 energy storage sites in Japan have been connected to the grid, and it has a development pipeline of 128MW in Australia, covering sites such as government agencies, sports stadiums, Olympic facilities and shopping centres.

Outlook: The projects in Europe and North America are still at the assessment stage; in the near term, the question is whether the Poland talks translate into actual orders.