June 9, 2026
Jonas Rex-Quincke, right, said that there has been ‘no consensus’ in the German policy landscape in the last six years. Image: Solar Media.
Greater clarity in both government policy and market mechanisms could be essential if the German battery energy storage system (BESS) industry is to realise its considerable potential.
This was an opinion expressed by experts on the first panel of the Energy Storage Summit at the Battery Show Europe, hosted by Energy-Storage.news publisher Solar Media and co-located with parent company Informa’s The Battery Show Europe, this week in Germany.
Jonas Rex-Quincke, senior manager of electrification and climate at ZVEI e.V., who introduced the panel with a presentation, described how there has been “no consensus” in the German policy landscape, likening legislation to a “pendulum” that has swung between highly supportive policies and those that facilitate fewer deployments.
