Gas
Vastly different fortunes for BESS in Belgium and Germany’s capacity market auctions
CEII brief
Energy-Storage.news reported on 3 Nov 2026: Vastly different fortunes for BESS in Belgium and Germany’s capacity market auctions.
Read the full story on Energy-Storage.newsBattery storage projects have won nearly 40% of the capacity in Belgium’s latest capacity market (CM) auction results, while Germany’s first has all gone to gas, paying nearly eight times more than Belgium in the process.
Context from CEII
Gas is the flexible backbone of many grids and the designated transition fuel in many national plans, from LNG trade to domestic LPG and CNG. Supply security and pricing drive both power reliability and emissions.
21.3% of electricity in Belgium came from gas in 2025Countries in this story
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