Germany’s battery sector calls for faster grid connections amid backlog

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Germany’s large-scale battery industry is urging regulators and grid operators to speed up utility-scale connection approvals as applications outpace available grid capacity.</span></p><p><strong>From <a href="https://www.ess-news.com/2026/02/20/too-many-batteries-not-enough-grid-germanys-battery-storage-sector-wants-fixes-for-connection-waits/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ESS News</a></strong></p>
<p>Germany’s “Large-Scale Battery Storage Cooperation Forum” was established in August 2025 under the umbrella of the Research Centre for Energy Economics (FfE or “Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft”).</p>
<p>It was driven by the many uncertainties and challenges facing the storage industry at the time: a genuine boom in grid connection requests for large-scale battery systems was running headlong into severely constrained grid connection capacity and overstretched grid operators.</p>
<p>To structure the debate, four action areas were identified upfront, each requiring defined challenges and solutions: grid connection requests, flexible grid connection agreements, storage grid fees, and co-location. In total, 58 companies from the grid and storage sectors took part.</p>
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