Battery co-location as a strategic pillar for accelerating EV infrastructure and strengthening Europe’s power system

Battery co-location at charging sites is key to accelerate Europe’s decarbonization and emobility transition. Yet, today, it remains capital-intensive and constrained by fragmented frameworks, inconsistent permitting procedures, inefficient taxation models, limited access to flexibility markets, and undeveloped Flexible Connection Agreements.

ChargeUp Europe calls for:

• Recognition of battery co-location as enabling infrastructure for EV fast charging in EU funding instruments;

• Standardized EU accounting rules to ensure that electricity stored in, and discharged from, co-located batteries retains its renewable attribution;

• EU action to ensure full and non-discriminatory access to balancing and ancillary services markets for co-located storage at EV charging hubs;

• Proportionate EU and Member States frameworks for co-located assets behind the meter (200 kW–1.5 MW batteries);

• Streamlined permitting, safety, and grid connection procedures for co-located EV charging and storage infrastructure across Member States.

Recognising battery co-location as a strategic infrastructure component is essential to accelerating EV infrastructure deployment and strengthening Europe’s power system. It will speed up deployment, improve grid resilience, enhance renewable integration, strengthen the business case for operators and safeguard customer experience.

Read the full position paper here