A large-scale flow battery demonstration and research facility in Germany. Image: Fraunhofer ICT.
Industry stakeholder organisations from across Europe have come forward to urge the European Union to support the adoption of long-duration energy storage in its European Green Deal.
A joint letter has been signed by 11 national and continental groups, including the Environmental Coalition on Standards, the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), energy storage and renewables industry associations including Spanish storage industry groups AEPIBAL and ASEALEN, Flow Batteries Europe and the European Copper Institute.
Addressed to Commissioners, as well as to the European Union Council’s French Presidency and European Parliament committee members working on the Green Deal package, the letter emphasises the vital need for long-duration energy storage technologies…