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Compressed air sites on the northern coast of Europe could provide large amounts of storage capacity, Corre Energy believes. Image: Corre Energy.

REPowerEU is a major step forward in the drive for a sustainable energy system

June 7, 2022
There’s a lot to like about the REPower EU plan, writes Patrick McClughan of long-duration energy storage company Corre Energy.
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Is there life after death for Europe’s lithium-ion batteries?

June 1, 2022
Piotr Grudzień, innovation consultant at Bax & Company, proposes a plan to improve the efficiency of Li-ion battery reverse logistics in Europe.
Feldheim, Germany, is a village which has already used a combination of wind, solar and biogas with battery storage to cover all of its energy needs from renewables. Image: LG Chem.

Europe needs a ‘massive rollout’ of energy storage

May 19, 2022
European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.
2021 inauguration of a 32MW solar PV plant in Ukraine. Image: Scatec.

RePower EU: Landmark plan falls short in supporting energy storage deployment

May 18, 2022
European Union plan to transition away from dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports has been released in draft form.
Keeping the lights on while decarbonising will require far more energy storage than the EU market is set up to facilitate, the EC said. Image: NASA.

Energy storage absent from leaked draft of European Union power plan

May 13, 2022
A leaked draft version the policy strategy designed to liberate the European Union from ties to Russian fossil fuel imports, includes no mention of energy storage.
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European decarbonisation and fuel independence from Russia ‘impossible without energy storage’

May 11, 2022
European Union must develop coherent strategy on energy storage to achieve decarbonisation goals and end dependency on Russian fossil fuels.
Domestic and international battery manufacturers have been supported by the European Commission's European Battery Alliance to date, but the latest announcements aim to provide a framework to boost industrial competitiveness and accelerate the EU's energy transition. Pictured is a lithium battery cell produced in Sweden by Northvolt, a European startup supported by the Alliance. Image: Northvolt.

European action plan to accelerate growth of battery value chain

April 6, 2022
EU-supported European Battery Alliance (EBA) will roll out a newly updated action plan to enable 90% of the Union’s demand for batteries to be met with domestically made products by 2030.
Northvolt might be best known as a cell manufacturer for the automotive industry, but it’s also a producer of whole battery systems for two distinct market segments: Indus- trial and Grid. Image: Northvolt.

Building a battery industry for Europe

March 28, 2022
Emad Zand, president of Northvolt Systems, on factors impacting the growth of a European battery storage industry.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Only energy storage can make Europe ‘truly energy independent’

March 21, 2022
The European Commission’s plan to lower dependency on Russian gas imports needs to focus on pairing renewable energy with energy storage.
TotalEnergies' BESS project at its Dunkirk refinery is currently France's largest battery storage project, delivered by subsidiary Saft. Image: TotalEnergies.

‘A very good year’: France toasts rapid energy storage growth

March 14, 2022
Close to 900MW of publicly announced battery storage projects will be online in continental France by the end of next year.

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