MUNICH, Germany (Wednesday 7th May 2025): New analysis reveals another year of record installations for European* battery storage, despite slower year-on-year growth,
In brief On 8 December 2023, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) presented its energy storage strategy. The strategy paper provides an overview of the measures and challenges involved in
As the electricity is stored from the grid, the storage volume includes a proportion of electricity from non-renewable energy sources. As a result, all of the electricity
The same applies to the draft bill for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2023/2413 in the areas of onshore wind energy and solar energy as well as for energy storage
June 2021 Temperature-adjusted, the energy productivity increased by 2.7 % in 2020 when compared to the previous year. Germany''s energy consumption dropped to its lowest level by
The German government is currently working to finalize an amendment to the Energy Industry Act that will enable the country''s home storage system owners to feed previously stored electricity into the
The new regulations are aimed at enabling a controlled, grid-supportive use of energy, especially at times of peak loads or oversupply, and reflect what has already partly
The latest revision of the Energy Industry Act ex-tended the rule under which storage facilities are exempted from grid fees, sending an encouraging sign for the further expansion of large-scale
The paper sees electricity storage primarily as short-term storage for grid relief and load shifting. For longer-term storage, the production, storage and reconversion of hydrogen as well as heat storage
In late 2010, Germany initiated the Energiewende, a set of policy measures aiming to a low-carbon, nuclear-free transition of the national economy. The country implemented a new
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Listed below are the five largest energy storage projects by capacity in Germany, according to GlobalData''s power database. GlobalData uses proprietary data and
The European Energy Storage Market Monitor (EMMES) updates the analysis of the European energy storage market (including household storage, industrial storage and pre-metre storage) and forecasts until
German energy storage sales are shrinking, especially home systems, but commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale numbers are rising and the Federal Association of Energy Storage Systems (BVES)
Latest announcement on Germany s energy storage subsidy policy In November, the German government decided to end a 30 percent credit for energy storage systems by the end of this
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Germany''s Federal Court of Justice has stated the judges will reach a decision relating to the status of construction cost subsidies levied by grid companies on grid-scale batteries, on July 15. A hearing in
Germany''s battery storage sector is urging the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to extend the current grid fee exemption for battery energy storage systems (BESS)
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As has been the case in many of Germany''s recent solar PV auctions, the innovation tender ended up oversubscribed with 1.8GW of capacity.
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As Europe''s industrial powerhouse navigates political shakeups and ambitious climate goals, its energy storage support policies have become a blueprint for renewable
In November, the German government decided to end a 30 percent credit for energy storage systems by the end of this year. But Germany''s Green Party now says the subsidy will
After the February election, Germany''s energy transition is at a critical turning point. With the just announced coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU (Christian
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While around 254 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity were generated from renewable energy in Germany in 2022, 600 TWh of electricity are expected to come from renewable sources by 2030. Germany is particularly dependent on a market ramp-up of energy storage systems, especially battery storage systems. What role do energy storage systems play?
German Battery Storage on a Ri... High and further increasing volatility of power prices due to the expansion of renewables on the one hand and significantly decreasing prices for battery cells in recent years on the other hand have led to a highly attractive market environment for battery storage (BESS) projects in Germany.
According to the BMWK, it is already possible to operate energy storage systems economically today due to the privileges for energy storage systems. The framework conditions for a market-driven ramp-up are also basically right. Nevertheless, there are still numerous factors that can limit the ramp-up of energy storage systems:
On January 31 2025, the German Parliament adopted a comprehensive energy reform package which includes, inter alia, the following changes for BESS projects which are expected to enter into force in March 2025:
The German legal framework for BESS projects is currently also in a process of changes: The German parliament adopted a comprehensive energy reform package on 31 January 2025, which includes relevant changes for BESS projects with the aim to further support the growth of storage capacities in Germany.
For the second and final tranche, the government will competitively tender a further 5GW of capacity from gas-fired power plants. BMWK noted that this set of procurements comes ahead of the introduction of Germany’s new capacity market mechanism, planned to start in 2028.
