The European Union’s transition to a renewable-energy-powered electricity grid will fail unless it does more to support and promote energy storage, according to the Energy Storage Coalition.

Lithuania can move ahead with a scheme to provide €180 million (US$200 million) in grants to energy storage projects after it was approved by the EU.

The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion (US$1.32 billion) state aid package for Poland to support the deployment of electricity storage facilities.

The EU could save €9 billion a year in gas costs by deploying BESS to capture excess wind and solar, according to think tank Ember.

Hungary’s subsidy scheme for energy storage will drive huge growth in BESS deployments over the next few years.

Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of system integrator Fluence.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy began accepting applications yesterday (21 August) in tenders for 3,000MWh of energy storage capacity.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has published the regulatory basis for the €750 million (US$812 million) incentive scheme for renewables and energy storage manufacturing.

While Chinese companies dominated the square footage at ees Europe / Intersolar Europe in Munich last month, some project developers are still keen on prioritising products made closer to home.

Energy storage developer Pacific Green has agreed to acquire two large-scale in-development battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Poland, Europe.