The Battery Storage Europe Platform brings together industry leaders representing the battery storage value chain to advance the business case and regulatory frameworks for battery storage across the EU.
Our five-year outlook foresees significant BESS expansion in Europe – a sixfold increase to nearly 120 GWh by 2029, driving total capacity to 400 GWh, yet falls short of energy transition needs.
The EU Batteries Regulation replaces the bloc''s existing directive which has been in place since 2006, largely before the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and then battery energy storage system (BESS) technology.
On 28 July 2023, the European Commission published the European Battery Regulation (2023/1542), which entered into force on 18 February 2024. This represents a strategic alignment with environmental goals
On 28 July 2023, the European Commission published the European Battery Regulation (2023/1542), which entered into force on 18 February 2024. This represents a strategic alignment with environmental goals and key initiatives, such as the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan.
The new EU Battery Regulation, Regulation 2023/1542, introduces significant changes and requirements aimed at enhancing the sustainability and safety of batteries and battery-operated products.
The EU Batteries Regulation replaces the bloc''s existing directive which has been in place since 2006, largely before the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and then battery energy storage system (BESS) technology.
The European Commission must adopt an Energy Storage Action Plan within a broader Flexibility Package, to harmonise markets, remove regulatory barriers, and ensure storage is integral to national energy strategies.
Discover the evolving policies and regulations of the European Union and United Kingdom, with both issuing landmark legislation in the energy storage.
Discover the evolving policies and regulations of the European Union and United Kingdom, with both issuing landmark legislation in the energy storage.
That action plan sets out measures to support efforts to build a battery value chain in Europe, covering raw materials extraction, sustainable sourcing and processing, sustainable battery materials, cell manufacturing as well as re-use and recycling of batteries.
For electric vehicle batteries and energy storage, the EU will need up to 18 times more lithium and 5 times more cobalt by 2030, and nearly 60 times more lithium and 15 times more cobalt by 2050, compared with the current supply to the whole EU economy.
From Germany''s Energiewende to Spain''s solar frenzy, Europe''s grid is becoming a giant jigsaw puzzle of batteries, pumped hydro, and quirky national policies. And here''s the kicker: Get the regulations wrong, and your multi-million-euro storage project might end up as modern art in a Brussels bureaucracy museum....
On 28 July 2023, the European Commission published the European Battery Regulation (2023/1542), which entered into force on 18 February 2024. This represents a strategic alignment with environmental goals and key initiatives, such as the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan.
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In 2023, the EU adopted the new EU Batteries Regulation, which is the first piece of European legislation taking a full lifecycle approach in which sourcing, manufacturing, use, and recycling are addressed and enshrined in a single law.
Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe (she/her), said: “If Europe has already entered the solar age, the battery storage age is just beginning. With solar energy mainstreaming across the continent, now is the time for European decisionmakers to put batteries at the centre of a flexible, electrified, energy system.
21.9 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) was installed in Europe in 2024, marking the eleventh consecutive year of record breaking-installations, and bringing Europe’s total battery fleet to 61.1 GWh. However, the annual growth rate slowed down to 15% in 2024, after three consecutive years of doubling newly added capacity.
"The Battery Storage Europe Platform represents a vital opportunity to help shape smarter regulation and advocate for a policy framework that truly supports investment in storage. If we are to scale at the pace the energy transition demands, platforms like this must lead the way." Managing Director, Renewable Energy Insurance Broker (REIB)
