European Success Stories – What Drives Storage Deployment?

Recording from Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Battery Business & Development Forum | Language: English | Duration: 84:26 .

From the UK to Italy and Bulgaria, this session highlights the policies, business models, and financing strategies powering Europe’s most dynamic storage markets. Hear from developers and policymakers about how local regulation, price signals and grid strategies foster deployment, what lessons can be learned from mature markets, and where new growth opportunities are emerging across the continent.

Moderator

Michael Schmela
Managing Director
TaiyangNews

Speaker

Nikola Gazdov
Chairman
APSTE - Association for Production Storage and Trading of Electricity

Matteo Lionetti
Utility-scale BESS working group coordinator
ANIE

Odin Foldvik Eikeland
Senior Analyst
Rystad Energy

Laura Hoffmann-Ostenhof
Central Europe Industry Lead
Gridcog

Marko Svetina
Co-founder and CPO
BM2Solar

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