Energy storage should be made mainstream in the European Commission’s implementation of the REPowerEU action plan and in the ongoing review of the Electricity Market Design, the groups say. Image: Sébastien Bertrand.
Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy, the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), Solar Power Europe and Wind Europe have together called on the European Commission to recognise energy storage’s crucial role for the security of energy supply in Europe.
The four organisations say that without rapidly scaling up energy storage technologies, “the EU will be unable to achieve a net-zero power system, risking continued exposure to volatile fossil energy markets”.
The open letter said the EU urgently needs a massive and rapid rollout of energy storage solutions, pointing out that most of today’s grid balancing is being done by…