The European Commission support for manufacturing of clean energy technologies a “game changer” for making the battery industry competitive.

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.

The Netherlands needs 10GW of battery storage by 2030 and, while the market is being held back by onerous grid fees, developers like Lion Storage are working on deploying multi-hundred megawatt systems.

European Commission wants to advance the use of energy storage in managing supply and demand of electricity, according to a leaked document.

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

Testing has started on four battery storage projects in Lithuania totalling 200MW/200MWh provided by system integrator Fluence, with a view to turning the projects online in a few months.

Green Deal Industrial Plan has been welcomed by the European Association for Storage of Energy, although mentions of energy storage included in a leaked draft seen by the industry group were absent from the final publication.

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