European Investment Bank has committed €108 million to upgrades at a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Extremadura, Spain.

A total of 11.9GW of energy storage across all scales and technologies was installed in Europe in 2024, bringing cumulative installations to 89GW.

ESN Premium speaks about the upstream market landscape for Europe’s energy storage industry with Kevin Shang, analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

The European Union (EU) has launched the Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan, which dedicate at least €100 billion towards boosting industry, manufacturing and speeding up the rollout of renewables and energy storage.

Europe’s energy storage industry and key stakeholders arrive in London for the 2025 Energy Storage Summit EU in just a few days.

The government of Cyprus has published guidelines for a scheme to support the deployment of approximately 150MW/350MWh of energy storage.  

Another year draws to a close, allowing us to reflect on the fantastic energy storage content from Solar Media’s journal PV Tech Power.

A roundup of energy storage news from across the EU, involving Polar Night Energy’s ‘Sand Battery’ in Finland, GazelEnergie and Q Energy in France, and Spain’s MITECO awarding financial support to 45 projects.

The deadline has now passed for Bulgaria’s EU-backed support scheme for standalone energy storage, and the bids submitted amount to four times the available capital available.

The government of Cyprus has confirmed financial support will be made available for renewable energy projects paired with energy storage.