Policy Papers

EASE published its position paper “Energy Storage Deployment Hampered by Grid Charges”, which highlights the significant differences in grid charges across countries to which large-scale pumped hydro storage (PHS) power plants are exposed today.

EASE submitted a response to ENTSO-E’s public consultation on the next European Cost Benefit Analysis Methodology. The modelling of Energy Storage projects in the CBA 2.0 seems to rely on strong simplifications, which may hamper a true assessment of the benefits of some Energy Storage plants.

EASE submitted a response to DG Research and Innovation’s public consultation on the development of a comprehensive, integrated Research, Innovation, and Competitiveness Strategy for the Energy Union. One of the most urgent challenges for research and innovation to support the low-carbon transformation is achieving the full deployment of Energy Storage.

EASE submitted a response to DG Energy's Public Consultation on the Preparation of a new Renewable Energy Directive for the period after 2020. EASE calls for subsidies for mature renewable technologies to be eliminated and for market-based regulation, which allows for a non-discriminatory access to technologies.

EASE appreciates the increasing interest in the electrification of heating and cooling and the storage of heat and cold by help of different storage technologies. Therefore EASE is convinced that the potential role must be explicitly described and the current regulatory barriers must be highlighted to allow the full potential of this technology to be made use of.

EASE submitted a response to the public consultation to help prepare a communication to inform the EU's renewable energy policy for the period post 2020. This complements a communication on the Internal Energy Market which will also help inform the evolution of the EU's wider energy policies following on from the Energy 2050 Roadmap.