The French storage market
Storage consultancy Clean Horizon presents insights into the French energy market and congestion management.
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France is one of Europe's most mature markets and holds valuable opportunities for cross-market battery optimization.
As the BESS buildout continues to shape France's future power system, it's imperative to lock in an optimization strategy that can stay ahead of changing market conditions. To succeed commercially in the French market, you need two things:
Thanks to our partnership with Flexcity, we can provide both. Take your BESS revenues to new heights with our joint offering!
Our local partner in France
"Transparency is key to providing battery owners with the highest value and upside potential, and enspired’s digital infrastructure does this quite remarkably, offering the best foundation to replicate the successes enspired achieved in its core market Germany. There is a huge demand for cross-market battery optimization, and by combining Flexcity and enspired’s expertise, we continue to ensure optimal revenues for battery clients - both in ancillary service and intraday markets."
Arnout Aartgeerts
CEO
Flexcity
Storage consultancy Clean Horizon presents insights into the French energy market and congestion management.
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Learn about the French market and opportunities with BESS from local experts. Thursday, 22 January, 15:00 CET.
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AFRY discusses the monetary potential of different BESS markets across Europe. highlighting opportunities and challenges.
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Cécilia Masut
Senior Sales Expert
enspired
Clean Horizon’s storage index shows high revenue potential for storage in 2025, noticeably for July (€298k/MW/Year for 1-hour assets), which was a notoriously challenging month for BESS in Germany by comparison. Select France on this page to check the index.
Given current market signals and the lack of saturation, 2026 is shaping up to be a promising year for BESS in France.
Flexcity provides the necessary expertise in local market specifics, and enspired has a proven record of superior revenues in other European markets. We are the first and only optimizer with independently certified revenues. For reference, you can check our portfolio performance for 2-hour and 1-hour assets in Germany, confirmed by third-party auditor KPMG.
5 MW and up.
enspired doesn't provide in-house revenue structures in France, but we offer support in finding the model (tolling, floor, etc.) that suits your business case best together with financing partners.
Yes, our local partner in France is Flexcity.
Part of the Veolia Group, Flexcity is a leading provider of flexibility solutions in multiple European markets, empowering companies to profit from the energy transition by adapting their energy use. As an aggregator of flexibility, Flexcity optimizes the processes of energy systems and creates new revenue streams while supporting the power grid.
Transparency drives market maturity, but existing BESS revenue claims lack verifiability. The new portfolio performance metric addresses both.
Exploring commercial dynamics and opportunities with battery storage in France, which is poised to become one of Europe’s top markets.
Power markets and energy trading in Europe: This reference system details market setups and mechanisms in long- and short-term timeframes.