EASE welcomed the policy developments, but noted that much more remains to be done to craft the right energy storage market conditions for the EU. Image: Manz AG.
In the past few days, policymakers at the European Union (EU) have made decisions on a couple of key aspects of legislation relating to energy storage that have been welcomed by industry group EASE.
One was the provisional agreement reached relating to battery regulations on 9 December by the European Parliament and Council, which have decided the framework of rules that should be applied to the battery value chain.
That includes things like carbon footprint labelling and recycled content requirements, set to come into effect in the next couple of years and gradually become stricter, as reported by Energy-Storage.news.
The other was the 14 December European Parliament vote on amendments to REPowerEU, the…