Europe battery storage forecast to reach 57 GWh

EUPD identifies Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain among the markets expected to lead growth. The figures are forecasts for new installations during 2026, not the total installed battery-storage capacity already operating in Europe.

Residential storage is forecast to reach 15 GWh

Residential storage installations are expected to increase from around 11 GWh in 2025 to 15 GWh in 2026, an increase of roughly 36%. Utility-scale and commercial storage account for a larger share of the overall growth in the 57 GWh forecast.

EUPD’s H1 2026 residential analysis identifies Fox ESS, Huawei, BYD and Sigenergy as the four largest suppliers under its proprietary market-share methodology. The ranking should therefore be treated as an EUPD estimate rather than a directly audited industry shipment table.

Competition is moving beyond the battery pack

EUPD also describes a shift from competition around individual battery products toward integrated energy systems combining storage, inverters, energy management and wider home-energy products.

That trend is directly relevant to EV charging. Domestic and small-commercial charging is increasingly being designed alongside solar, stationary batteries, heat pumps, dynamic electricity tariffs and flexibility services rather than as an isolated electrical load.

EV charging is becoming part of the same energy architecture

The practical consequence is that charger capability will increasingly be judged by how well it participates in the wider site energy system: whether it can follow an energy-management controller, respond to available solar generation, coordinate with a stationary battery, respect an import limit or participate in time-sensitive tariffs.

For EVSE manufacturers and installers, the important market signal is therefore not only the 78% headline growth. It is the increasing likelihood that customers will expect the charger, inverter, battery and energy-management system to operate as a coordinated package.