VIDEO: Grid-forming, LDES and solar hybrids in Europe, with Envision Energy’s Michael Koller

March 24, 2026
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Envision Energy’s director of energy storage solutions, Michael Koller, speaks with Energy-Storage.news at Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London, UK.

Topics span from the successes and challenges facing the various markets across Europe. From “uncertainties” in Germany to the rapid growth of solar PV hybridisation in Spain, there’s a lot to digest.

We also talk at length about emerging applications and their potential: grid-forming inverters and the suite of system stability services they can provide, long-duration energy storage (LDES) and the system-level optimisation required, and more.

This is part of our exclusive series of video interviews from the 11th staging of the flagship Energy Storage Summit, which focuses on the European market. The event forms part of the global event series, which includes events in the US, Australia, Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe and runs alongside the Battery Asset Management series and other events in the portfolio of our publisher, Solar Media (part of the Informa Group).

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