Battery energy storage deployments are set to double in Europe this year, but a much greater ramp-up is needed to reach 2030 targets. Image: European Union 2017 – European Parliament.
European battery energy storage deployments are expected to plateau over 2024-27 due to lithium-ion scarcity, whilst the continent will need 200GW by 2030 to accommodate additional renewables.
Analysts from research and consulting company Delta-EE and EASE, the European Association for Storage of Energy, revealed the findings of the sixth edition of their European Market Monitor on Energy Storage (EMMES 6) report in a webinar yesterday (14 June).
Also under discussion in the webinar – ‘EMMES 6: Can Europe meet 2030 REPowerEU targets without a storage strategy?’ – was the EU’s recent energy policy strategy, which primarily aims to wean Europe off Russian oil and gas but fell…