EASE Task Force Behind-the-Meter has prepared an overview of Business Case and Taxonomy of Behind-the-Meter Battery Energy Storage Systems in Europe.
October 2023 /
Empowering Energy Intensive Industries: Unleashing Energy Storage Innovations
On 24 October 2023 International Federeration of Industrial Energy Consumers (IFIEC) and the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) gathered participants for a webinar "Empowering Energy Intensive Industries: Unleashing Energy Storage Innovations".
Webinar Speakers:
Carbon-Clean Technologies GmbH
Carbonclean provides energy-intensive industries with on-demand, renewable process heat from our thermal storage. The system stores energy as high-temperature heat at 1,200 °C and is charged with renewable energy from locally sited renewables or via the grid. The system is discharged to provide a continuous stream of high-temperature process heat (hot air or steam) to industrial processes. Our modular energy storage achieves capacities of 100 MWh to 5 GWh and achieves energy efficiencies of 95 %. Contact: Robert Pfab, robert.pfab@carbonclean.de
UNDA Engineering
Unda Enginering Inc. was founded in 2016 with the aim of developing solutions for a sustainable industry. We developed a thermal battery under the Calor-e brand. The system can be used on the grid as a “demand shifting product” or off the grid with direct coupling with renewables such as solar and wind. The main highlights of the system are its modularity, fast response capabilities for charge and discharge, full recyclability and low environmental footprint and its compatibility with conventional heat transfer fluids. The system is designed as 1 MWe modular units that can be arranged for different user profiles with a versatile range of charge up to 0.5 MWe/h and discharge up to 1 MWe/h. Contact: Emin Selahattin Umdu, esu@undaengineering.com
Kyoto Group
Heat accounts for two thirds of industrial energy consumption. Traditionally, nearly all of it is based on fossil fuels. Kyoto Group's Heatcube, a thermal energy storage (TES) solution, provides a sustainable and cost-effective alternative by capturing and storing abundant but variable energy from sources such as solar and wind. Founded in 2016, Kyoto Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and has subsidiaries in Spain and Denmark. Contact: Camilla Nilsson, camilla@kyotogroup.no
In 2025, Europe surpassed 100 GW of installed storage capacity for the first time, and by Q2 2026 storage overtook nuclear as a source of installed power capacity. With electrochemical storage forecast to grow by a further 153 GW by 2030, energy storage is becoming a core pillar of Europe's future electricity system.
In 2025, Europe surpassed 100 GW of installed storage capacity for the first time, and by Q2 2026 storage overtook nuclear as a source of installed power capacity. With electrochemical storage forecast to grow by a further 153 GW by 2030, energy storage is becoming a core pillar of Europe's future electricity system.
Thermal Energy Storage can help European industry decarbonise, reduce costs, and access new revenue streams. Yet significant regulatory, economic, and financial barriers continue to limit its deployment.
Energy Storage Europe welcomes the proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) and supports its overall objective of strengthening industrial capacity, accelerating decarbonisation, and creating stronger lead markets for strategic clean technologies in the European Union.
