Only <\/span>Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy<\/b> installed more new BESS capacity in 2025. Ukraine outpaced a number of other European markets, including Bulgaria, entering the <\/span>top five largest energy storage markets in Europe<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the key characteristics of the Ukrainian market is the significant share of the distributed segment. More than <\/span>60% of the new capacity<\/b> installed in 2025 consisted of energy storage systems for households, businesses, schools, hospitals, water supply facilities and other critical infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n At the same time, almost <\/span>one-third of the new capacity<\/b> came from utility-scale BESS projects, which provide essential flexibility to the power system and deliver balancing services.<\/span><\/p>\n As <\/span>Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Chairman of the Board of SEAU<\/b>, noted, Ukraine\u2019s energy storage market has its own specific characteristics, primarily driven by the need for energy security and resilience:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUkraine is proving that batteries are more than just an energy technology \u2013 they are a technology of resilience. Our market is also structurally different from the rest of Europe, and this difference lies precisely in the distributed segment.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to the expert, in Europe, residential energy storage systems are primarily used to optimise energy costs and store electricity generated by rooftop solar PV systems. In Ukraine, however, a significant share of such systems is installed primarily to ensure electricity supply during power outages.<\/span><\/p>\n Apartment residents and private homeowners install small-scale systems with an average capacity of <\/span>3-5 kWh<\/b>, with many of them not connected to solar PV systems at all. A significant part of the residential segment is also made up of portable power stations with capacities of <\/span>0.6-2.5 kWh<\/b>, which are used to provide backup power.<\/span><\/p>\n Small and medium-sized businesses, in turn, install larger systems primarily to strengthen their energy security. At the same time, utility-scale BESS are already operating in the ancillary services market and are being used for energy arbitrage.<\/span><\/p>\n SolarPower Europe also highlights the rapid development of the Ukrainian market against the backdrop of the need to strengthen the resilience of the power system.<\/span><\/p>\n Sonja Risteska, Head of SolarPower Europe\u2019s Battery Storage Europe Platform<\/b>, emphasised that Ukraine\u2019s experience demonstrates the strategic importance of solar energy and energy storage systems for energy security:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUkraine\u2019s experience demonstrates that batteries are an important tool for ensuring energy security and power system resilience.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, as Ukraine moves forward with its recovery, energy storage systems will play a <\/span>critical role in shaping a secure, flexible and sustainable energy future for the country<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2025, the European energy storage market added <\/span>36 GWh of new installed capacity<\/b>, marking the <\/span>twelfth consecutive year of record growth<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n Europe\u2019s total operational energy storage capacity exceeded <\/span>100 GWh for the first time<\/b>, while annual new installations increased by <\/span>48% year-on-year<\/b>. Utility-scale projects are playing an increasingly important role in this growth.<\/span><\/p>\n For reference:<\/i><\/b> The Solar Energy Association of Ukraine <\/span>actively contributed to the preparation of the Ukrainian chapter<\/b> of the <\/span>European Battery Market Outlook 2026\u20132030<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Over the course of <\/span>2.5 months<\/b>, SEAU experts worked on the study, preparing up-to-date analysis of the development of Ukraine\u2019s energy storage market.<\/span><\/p>\n Read the press release<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/74e63032-5690-1af5-d201-e292dea87e75.png\")
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