Europe: Rising battery storage markets
Germany and Spain are among the energy storage markets of Europe that clients are most keen to learn more about, according to one analyst.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Tuesday 1 July 2025): SolarPower Europe has officially launched the Battery Storage Europe Platform, a major new initiative to drive forward the business case and regulatory framework for battery storage across the European Union. Juhi Dion Sud, newly appointed Head of the Battery Storage Europe Platform, said:
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The move builds on the success of SolarPower Europe's annual European Market Outlook for Battery Storage, an established point of reference in the energy sector. Dion Sud continued: “The EU currently has just over 50 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
PV trade body SolarPower Europe is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the tagline SolarPower Europe: solar, storage, and flexibility, and has announced plans for a Battery Storage Europe platform to highlight case studies and regulatory best practice.
The report also found that if market growth continues along the lines of current trends, Europe is on course for 400GWh of cumulative stationary battery storage deployments by 2029, including 344GWh by the 27 EU Member States, approximating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 45%.
21.9 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) was installed in Europe in 2024, marking the eleventh consecutive year of record breaking-installations, and bringing Europe's total battery fleet to 61.1 GWh. However, the annual growth rate slowed down to 15% in 2024, after three consecutive years of doubling newly added capacity.

Germany and Spain are among the energy storage markets of Europe that clients are most keen to learn more about, according to one analyst.
Europe''s annual battery storage deployments doubled in 2023, but adoption is still much slower than required, according to SolarPower Europe.
21.9 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) was installed in Europe in 2024, marking the eleventh consecutive year of record breaking-installations, and bringing
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PV trade body SolarPower Europe is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the tagline SolarPower Europe: solar, storage, and flexibility,
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The Battery Storage Europe platform will highlight storage case studies and regulatory best practices across Europe and operate as SolarPower Europe''s external arm of
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Tuesday 1 July 2025): SolarPower Europe has officially launched the Battery Storage Europe Platform, a major new initiative to drive forward the
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