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 submitted a technical contribution to the European Chemicals Agency’s Public Consultation on the Annex XV Restriction Report for PFAS. In January 2023, a group of EU member states collectively submitted a proposal for restrictions to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
EASE has prepared a reply to the European Commission's Public Consultation on the EU Climate Targets for 2040 that aims to gather inputs on the EU’s intermediary climate targets for 2040 by 24 June 2023. The Call for Evidence Feedback will inform a detailed impact assessment in view of drafting a law proposal.
EASE has prepared a position paper on the proposal of the Energy Market Design revision, by outlining the key position of EASE on how to enhance the proposal and make non-fossil flexibility a central component of the new decarbonised energy system. On March 14, 2023, the European Commission released a proposed reform of the Electricity Market Design, which has the potential to significantly impact the energy storage sector.
EASE and LCP-Delta are pleased to announce the publication of the seventh edition of the European Market Monitor on Energy Storage (EMMES). The Market Monitor is based on the most extensive database of European energy storage projects. The database of over 2,600 projects includes detailed data on current installations by customer segment (residential, C&I and front-of-meter) across 24 European countries, future projects and forecasts to 2030.
