BESS in Germany 2025 and Beyond:
Germany led the European BESS market in 2023, with a 34% share, followed by Italy at 22% and the UK at 15%. Germany added 6.1 GWh of installations in 2023, and for 2024, new
By mid-2024, Germany's total BESS capacity reached 16 GWh, which included: Germany led the European BESS market in 2023, with a 34% share, followed by Italy at 22% and the UK at 15%. Germany added 6.1 GWh of installations in 2023, and for 2024, new installations are projected to grow by 17%, reaching approximately 7.1 GWh.
With connection delays stretching across years in some regions, co-locating storage with already grid-secured solar offers a pragmatic workaround. Germany's EEG (Renewable Act) subsidies & Innovation Tenders are reinforcing the trend, providing a dedicated mechanism to support co-located assets via tariff payments.
As policy catches up with system needs, the investment case is improving — with batteries increasingly positioned as strategic enablers of Germany's energy transition. Germany's evolving support for co-located BESS reflects a wider European trend: flexibility is rising up the agenda, but policy approaches vary.
Germany's evolving support for co-located BESS reflects a wider European trend: flexibility is rising up the agenda, but policy approaches vary. Italy is backing standalone BESS through MACSE auctions, while Spain is incentivising co-location with solar via PERTE and regional support schemes.
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