EASE has published its 2021 Activity Report. The year 2021 is a prime example of the resilience of EASE, just like its journey over the last ten years. Despite long lasting effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, energy storage is on the table for discussion more often than ever before.
March 2022 / Policy Papers
Unleashing Flexibility Needs: How Energy Storage Can Make or Break the Case for Renewables
EASE has prepared a position paper on the Renewable Energy Directive Revision (REDIII) highlighting the great opportunity this review offers in terms of speeding up decarbonisation efforts in the energy system: EASE welcomes the 40% renewable energy targets for 2030, but calls for clearer support for energy storage to step up renewables deployment and ensure security of supply.
EASE believes energy storage can be fostered through RED III in multiple ways. Our key points:
Development of a strategy for energy storage, through a sound methodology assessing flexibility and energy shifting needs;
Definition of co-located storage facility and non-discriminatory treatment in tenders for RES plants;
Support the uptake of RES + storage PPAs and ensure non-discriminatory treatment for the issuing of Guarantees of Origin and green certificates;
Ensure full system integration through the proposed art. 20a;
Include energy storage technologies in the efforts to decarbonise the buildings and transport sectors.
Policymakers need to act quickly in view of the urgent need to decarbonise the European energy system: renewables need to be supported by flexibility technologies and through energy shifting, which only energy storage can provide.
EASE has published its 2021 Activity Report. The year 2021 is a prime example of the resilience of EASE, just like its journey over the last ten years. Despite long lasting effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, energy storage is on the table for discussion more often than ever before.
EASE has responded to the European Commission's Public Consultation on 'Renewable Energy Projects - Permit-Granting Processes & Power Purchase Agreements . This initiative aims to facilitate renewable energy production projects. It will focus on the key barriers to implementing renewable energy projects and outline good practices addressing the identified barriers and good practices to facilitate power-purchase agreements, including across borders.
EASE has responded to the European Commission's Public Consultation on the proposal for ‘Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas markets’ Package. This Package, consisting of a review of the Gas Regulation and of the Gas Directive, aims to decarbonise gas consumption, and puts forward policy measures required for supporting the creation of optimum and dedicated infrastructure, as well as efficient markets.
The revisions of the Energy Performance and Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive are vital to achieving a zero-emission and fully decarbonised building stock and a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050. EASE welcomes these revisions as an opportunity to speed up decarbonisation efforts through the efficient and optimised use of energy. However, stronger integration of energy storage solutions is required.
EASE has prepared a position paper on the Renewable Energy Directive Revision (REDIII) highlighting the great opportunity this review offers in terms of speeding up decarbonisation efforts in the energy system. EASE believes energy storage can be fostered through RED III in multiple ways.
