€59 Million! Slovenia Steps Up Energy Storage Support

<p style="text-align:start">The European energy storage market has welcomed another new national-level support scheme.</p><p style="text-align:start">Recently, the European Commission formally approved a €59 million state aid scheme in Slovenia to support the construction of energy storage systems.</p><p style="text-align:start">According to the plan submitted by Slovenia to the European Commission, the funding is intended to drive the addition of at least 370MWh of local energy storage capacity, improve power system flexibility, and support the integration of more renewable energy into the grid.</p><p style="text-align:start"><img src="https://energyplanet.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/uploads/images/20260805213313_341dc833.png" alt="test.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></p><h2 style="text-align:start">€59 Million to Support at Least 370MWh of Energy Storage</h2><p style="text-align:start">According to information released by the European Commission, the €59 million in funding will be provided by the EU Just Transition Fund and the Modernisation Fund.</p><p style="text-align:start">It should be noted that the 370 MWh does not refer to a single energy storage project that has already been confirmed for construction. Rather, it is the minimum additional storage capacity that the overall state aid scheme aims to promote.</p><p style="text-align:start">At present, the European Commission has not disclosed information such as the number of specific projects, construction locations, the power capacity of individual projects, storage duration, or equipment suppliers.</p><p style="text-align:start">Therefore, more precisely, what has been approved is an energy storage support mechanism. Which projects will ultimately receive funding and in what form they will be implemented will depend on Slovenia’s subsequent release of application, selection, and implementation rules.</p><h2 style="text-align:start">Small Slovenia Has Already Begun Deploying Energy Storage</h2><p style="text-align:start">Slovenia is located in Central Europe, with a population of approximately 2.13 million and a land area of around 20,300 square kilometres. It is a relatively small electricity market within the European Union.</p><p style="text-align:start">However, the country did not start late in terms of power system digitalisation and energy storage applications.</p><p style="text-align:start">Slovenia’s electricity mix is mainly composed of nuclear power, hydropower, and thermal power. According to data released by the local transmission system operator ELES, in 2024, the Krško Nuclear Power Plant and hydropower plants together contributed more than three-quarters of Slovenia’s electricity. As installed capacity of solar power and other renewable energy sources increases, demand for peak regulation, frequency regulation, and short-term supply-demand balancing in the power system is also continuing to rise.</p><p style="text-align:start"><img src="https://energyplanet.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/uploads/images/20260805213503_0b5a2a64.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-05 at 9.33.49 PM.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></p><p style="text-align:start">Before the approval of this €59 million state aid scheme, Slovenia had already implemented several energy storage projects.</p><p style="text-align:start">Therefore, the €59 million aid scheme approved by the European Commission is not Slovenia’s first deployment of energy storage. Rather, it is intended to promote the further scaling-up of local battery energy storage on the basis of existing demonstration projects and market experience. The following are some examples of energy storage projects in Slovenia.</p><p style="text-align:start"><img src="https://energyplanet.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/uploads/images/20260805215213_e77dd614.png" alt="Picture1.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></p><p style="text-align:start">For a country such as Slovenia, whose electricity market is relatively limited in size, the target of adding at least 370 MWh of energy storage capacity is by no means small. As the funding application and project selection mechanisms are gradually implemented, Slovenia is also expected to become a new growth market worth watching in the Central and Eastern European energy storage sector.</p>