EASE reply to Public Consultation to ACER on the introduction of voluntary templates for power purchase agreement contracts in the EU energy market.
December 2024 / Consultations & Advocacy
The European Union's Flexibility Needs Assessment Methodology
Significant challenges lie ahead to make the electricity system more flexible to integrate variable renewables and achieve a cost-efficient path to meet the European Union’s decarbonisation objectives. The deployment of energy storage technologies will grow significantly and play an indispensable role in this transformation. A deeper understanding of evolving flexibility needs and the role of storage in addressing them is essential.
The Electricity Market Design Reform (EMDR) tasked the DSO Entity and ENTSO-E with developing a methodology to analyse flexibility needs. A draft proposal of this methodology is currently under consultation before its submission to ACER for possible amendments and approval. Once finalised, TSOs and DSOs will apply the methodology to analyse flexibility needs, producing results that will inform national reports prepared by National Regulatory Authorities or other designated entities. Based on these reports, Member States will set indicative targets for non-fossil flexibility, including specific sub-targets for energy storage. Developing a robust methodology is crucial to ensure policymakers receive accurate and actionable insights.
EASE’s response provides detailed comments on specific Articles of the draft methodology, while broader remarks are addressed in the last question addressing general feedback.
Energy Storage Europe has prepared a reply to the European Commission's public consultation on TYNDP 2026 Identification of System Needs Methodology. The European Commission’s public consultation seeks feedback on the analytical framework used by ENTSO-E to identify cost-efficient and technically robust opportunities for the development of Europe’s electricity system, without prescribing specific investment decisions.
In 2025, the energy storage sector experienced significant growth, driven by strong market expansion and evolving EU policy developments. Europe reached the milestone of 100 GW of installed capacity, highlighting the increasing importance of storage in the energy transition.
Energy Storage Europe replies to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Battery Booster Facility. On 16 December 2025, the European Commission announced a Battery Booster Strategy, within the Automotive Action Plan. The Strategy includes a Facility of EUR 1.5 billion in the form of loans for projects in the production of battery cells in Europe.
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.
