The Unified Voice
of Energy Storage
EASE will now be known as Energy Storage Europe, with a new identity designed to give the sector a stronger visibility. This transformation marks a significant milestone as the association approaches its 15th anniversary and reflects the central role that energy storage now plays in Europe’s energy future.
Energy Storage Europe engages with leading stakeholders across the energy sector to explore the ideas driving Europe’s energy transition.
This position paper assesses the system value of long-duration energy storage, identifies barriers to deployment, and proposes recommendations to better align European energy, industrial, and financing frameworks with the long-term flexibility needs of a fully decarbonised power system.
Energy Storage Europe is actively shaping the legal and R&D funding framework for energy storage at EU level. Members gain direct influence in the European decision-making process.
Members benefit from Energy Storage Europe expertise and technical know-how, and they can participate in EU-funded research projects.
The Energy Storage Europe Association is currently involved in many EU-funded projects.
Energy Storage Europe gathers knowledge, information and data about future market developments that can help the energy storage stakeholders to adapt to the changing business environment.
Featuring in Energy Storage Europe publications and events, such as the Energy Storage Global Conference, gives you visibility and the opportunity to strengthen your network among storage experts.
A group of industry stakeholders has published a joint statement calling for a sequenced EU framework to enable the deployment of long-duration energy storage (LDES). The statement highlights the role of LDES in strengthening energy security, reducing system costs, and supporting industrial decarbonisation, and calls for coordinated action across planning, markets, grid charges, and investment frameworks.
On 15 January 2026, Voith was awarded a key service and modernization contract for the Santa Uxía hydropower station in Galicia, Spain. The project, which includes the replacement of two Francis runners without altering the plant’s existing design, will improve operational flexibility, increase hydraulic efficiency and extend the lifetime of the facility, while strengthening Voith’s long-term partnership with XEAL.
European Commission published the Battery Booster Strategy as part of the European Automotive Action Plan. The strategy includes a Battery Booster Facility to support battery manufacturing in the European Union, and measures to strengthen the European battery supply chain.
On 17 December, Hyperion Renewables launched construction of its first battery energy storage projects in Portugal, in Estremoz and Évora. The 16 MW / 64 MWh solar-plus-storage projects will support grid stability and advance the country’s energy transition.
The European Commission's publication of the European Grids Package marks a major win for the energy storage sector. Energy storage is finally recognised as a unique and grid-friendly technological asset in the renewable energy sector. This will help developers to deploy projects and connect to the grid faster without unjustified economic barriers.
European Commission published the Grids Package, addressing critical bottlenecks in grid connections, permitting, and infrastructure planning. These issues have hampered energy storage deployment and slowed the EU's decarbonisation and affordability ambitions.
Energy Storage Europe's position paper, "Ensuring System Stability in Europe: The Role of Energy Storage in Providing Inertia", focuses on how the EU can implement a cost-effective and technologically neutral approach to procuring inertia. It also outlines how such an approach can be firmly embedded within a harmonised European methodology for assessing and monitoring inertia needs across synchronous areas.
This position paper, prepared by the Energy Storage Europe Association, assesses the system value of long-duration energy storage, identifies barriers to deployment, and proposes recommendations to better align European energy, industrial, and financing frameworks with the long-term flexibility needs of a fully decarbonised power system.
In this position paper, the Energy Storage Europe Association calls for a shift from today’s “first-come, first-served” queue system to a more efficient, strategic, and transparent framework that recognises the unique value of energy storage for reducing congestion, enhancing flexibility, and making better use of existing grid infrastructure.
Energy Storage Europe Association has published its Position Paper on Improving Permitting Procedures, highlighting the urgent need to streamline, harmonise, and modernise permitting frameworks for energy storage across the EU. Europe needs a fast, fair, and future-proof permitting framework to unlock the estimated 200 GW of energy storage required by 2030.