Fluence’s launch of a battery storage solution targeted at transmission network projects speaks to the high value of an as-yet underserved market.

Germany’s installed based of large-scale energy storage predicted to roughly double in the next couple of years, after 2022 saw a comeback.

Some 1.9GW of grid-scale battery energy storage was deployed across Europe last year, of which nearly 85% was in UK, Ireland, Germany and France according to research and consultancy LCP Delta.

European Commission’s categorisation of energy storage technologies in the Net Zero Industry Act is a “huge victory,” one source said.

European Commission (EC) strategy puts energy storage as cornerstone of a decarbonised and secure energy system for the EU.

Grid operators from across Europe believe energy storage is a vital flexibility resource that should be incentivised.

European policy makers need to strengthen the role of flexibility technologies, write Fluence’s Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan.

European Union policymakers and regulators recognise that energy storage is vital to securing affordable and low carbon energy.

Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy, The European Associate for Storage of Energy (EASE), Solar Power Europe and Wind Europe have together called on the European Commission to recognise energy storage’s crucial role for the security of energy supply in Europe.