Policy Papers

EASE published a position paper on unlocking the value of solar + storage systems at the customer level, a fundamental step to facilitate the widespread introduction of variable renewables at lowest costs for the society. EASE calls for policymakers to incentivise active consumers to employ their solar + storage devices in a way that contributes to the optimal, cost-effective operation of the grid.

In the framework of the Electricity Coordination Group, which gathers electricity experts from each Member State, EASE submitted a response to the European Commission's Public Consultation on the future of energy storage in the European Union.

EASE submitted a response to the European Commission Public Consultation on the “Establishment of the ETS Innovation Fund”. The EC legislative proposal for a revised EU emissions trading system (ETS) reform involves the creation of an ETS Innovation Fund (IF). Given the importance of the funding that could be available to energy storage projects in the future, EASE drafted a reply to the public consultation.

EASE submitted a response to the ENTSO-E Public Consultation on “All Continental European and Nordic TSOs’ proposal for a Cost Benefit Analysis methodology”. EASE welcomes the efforts and wishes to propose several amendments and clarifications, since some aspects of the proposed methodology might lead to strong distortions of the results or to an incomplete CBA.

EASE published its position paper “Thermal Energy Storage” (TES), highlighting the role of TES in supporting the energy transition. EASE proposes three concrete short-term actions that can further leverage the actions proposed by the Commission in the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” Package.

EASE published its recommendations on Sectoral Integration Through Power-to-Gas/Power-to-Liquid (PtG/PtL) that would help in overcoming key regulatory barriers that are still blocking developments in the PtG and PtL sectors.