The role of energy storage towards net-zero emissions in the
Energy storage requirements in Europe in 2040 for the Distributed Energy scenario with national modeling resolution. Share of pumped hydro (dark blue), battery
European energy storage inventory . With the common target of 20 % renewable energy use by 2020 and 42.5 % by 2030, many Member States have introduced economic support programmes for renewable generation. In this context, PSH systems could facilitate their expansion.
In March 2025, the Commission launched the European Energy Storage Inventory, a real-time dashboard that displays energy storage levels across different European countries. It is the first European-level tool of its kind and offers energy storage data across a full range of technologies.
In March 2023, the European Commission issued a recommendation on energy storage with 10 recommendations. This document was accompanied by a comprehensive staff working document, which presented the following considerations, among others.
Of these: — 3.66 GW are currently inactive. Taking into account these amounts of operational and expected power, we can affirm that Europe is at a pivotal stage in the deployment of energy storage systems. The report offers a technology classification of energy storage systems.
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