July 20, 2026
The European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Image: Wikimedia Commons / EmDee.
The European Commission has released its final Electrification Action Plan, reaffirming its belief that the EU needs 200GW of energy storage by 2030.
The document was leaked last week, revealing the scaled-up ambitions for energy storage deployments across the continent by 2030, and the finalised version was published on Friday 17 July.
It recognises that energy storage is an essential element to optimise the functioning of the EU energy system, and that 200GW will be needed by 2030 and 500GW by 2050. That is up from 55GW in 2026, said the Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union (EU).
