The revisions of the Energy Performance and Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive are vital to achieving a zero-emission and fully decarbonised building stock and a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050. EASE welcomes these revisions as an opportunity to speed up decarbonisation efforts through the efficient and optimised use of energy. However, stronger integration of energy storage solutions is required.
April 2022 / Policy Papers - Responses to Public Consultations
Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas markets Package
EASE has responded to the European Commission's Public Consultation on the proposal for ‘Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas markets’ Package. This Package, consisting of a review of the Gas Regulation and of the Gas Directive, aims to decarbonise gas consumption, and puts forward policy measures required for supporting the creation of optimum and dedicated infrastructure, as well as efficient markets. It will remove barriers to decarbonisation and create the conditions for a more cost-effective transition. The objective of the revision proposal of the Package is to revise EU gas rules to facilitate the market entry of renewable and low-carbon gases and remove any undue regulatory barriers.
EASE has prepared two replies to this consultation, for the Gas Regulation and the Gas Directive separately, wishing to contribute to the change in the European gas market in favour of the energy storage sector. EASE welcomes the proposal for the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas package and it is fundamental for the clean energy transition. Yet, renewable and low-carbon gases' role in energy storage solutions and technologies is not sufficiently acknowledged, such as in the definition and security of supply. In replies to the Regulation and the Directive of the Gas Package revision, EASE focuses on several significant points, including definitions, security of supply, tariff reduction, and blending of hydrogen. EASE believes that ensuring flexibility in the energy market by transparently and efficiently introducing renewable and low-carbon gases is the key to the energy transition.
The revisions of the Energy Performance and Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive are vital to achieving a zero-emission and fully decarbonised building stock and a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050. EASE welcomes these revisions as an opportunity to speed up decarbonisation efforts through the efficient and optimised use of energy. However, stronger integration of energy storage solutions is required.
Energy Storage Europe's position paper, "Ensuring System Stability in Europe: The Role of Energy Storage in Providing Inertia", focuses on how the EU can implement a cost-effective and technologically neutral approach to procuring inertia. It also outlines how such an approach can be firmly embedded within a harmonised European methodology for assessing and monitoring inertia needs across synchronous areas.
This position paper, prepared by the Energy Storage Europe Association, assesses the system value of long-duration energy storage, identifies barriers to deployment, and proposes recommendations to better align European energy, industrial, and financing frameworks with the long-term flexibility needs of a fully decarbonised power system.
In this position paper, the Energy Storage Europe Association calls for a shift from today’s “first-come, first-served” queue system to a more efficient, strategic, and transparent framework that recognises the unique value of energy storage for reducing congestion, enhancing flexibility, and making better use of existing grid infrastructure.
Energy Storage Europe Association has published its Position Paper on Improving Permitting Procedures, highlighting the urgent need to streamline, harmonise, and modernise permitting frameworks for energy storage across the EU. Europe needs a fast, fair, and future-proof permitting framework to unlock the estimated 200 GW of energy storage required by 2030.
