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The business case for C&I storage

In 2024, European businesses installed roughly 20 GW of commercial and industrial (C&I) solar, but only around 1 GW/2 GWh of C&I battery storage. The gap is striking. Both technologies promise lower energy bills, improved resilience, and decarbonization, but batteries are yet to achieve the same commercial traction that solar enjoys. LCP Delta’s Dina Darshini asks why the gap persists.

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pv magazine

05 Dec 2025

This first project with Arenko will be GE’s 19th and largest grid scale commercial Battery Energy Storage Solution worldwide. | Image: Arenko

Most decision-makers (CFOs, COOs, energy managers) are comfortable with solar’s passive, intuitive value proposition: generating onsite, offsetting grid consumption, and savings per MWh. Batteries, by contrast, are active assets. Their returns depend on how intelligently they are operated on tariff structures that reward flexibility, and on access to electricity markets where revenues fluctuate daily. As …

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