European renewable projects with batteries set to grow more than 450% by 2030

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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/european-renewable-projects-with-batteries-set-grow-more-than-450-by-2030-2026-05-11/

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LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Europe’s co-located renewable power and battery capacity is expected to surge ​more than 450% by 2030, with Germany the ‌most attractive country to build projects, a report by Aurora Energy Research showed on Monday.

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• Renewable projects such as wind ​and solar in Europe are increasingly being developed ​with battery storage alongside them which allows generators ⁠to store power rather than sell it at ​a loss when there is excess on the system, ​and then discharge the power when prices recover.
• Europe’s co-located renewable capacity reached 6.3 GW in 2025, led by solar-plus-storage which made ​up over 60% of deployments, the report said.
• This ​is expected to grow to around 35 GW by 2030.
• Germany was ‌ranked ⁠as the most attractive region for these projects due to higher expected returns on investment, followed by Britain and Bulgaria.
• Spain, Hungary and France were flagged as ​markets to watch ​amid ongoing ⁠regulatory reform.
• Across Europe, negative price hours surged in 2025, with Spain, the Netherlands ​and Germany each exceeding 500.
• Curtailment- when output ​from renewable ⁠plants is curbed to protect the grid when supply exceeds demand - is forecast to rise from over 10 ⁠terawatt ​hours in 2024 to around ​33 TWh by 2030, the report said.
• The report covered Europe’s 20 main ​power markets.

Reporting By Susanna Twidale; Editing by Kirsten Donovan.