Thank You for Joining the Battery Business & Development Forum 2025

The joint organisers Conexio-PSE, pv magazine and SolarPower Europe, would like to thank all participants, speakers, sponsors, media partners, and supporters for making the first Battery Business & Development Forum a resounding success.

Throughout the event, which was attended by 450 delegates, after closing registrations early due to having reached the location’s maximum capacity, the latest developments in Europe’s most promising battery energy storage markets were dicussed. Diving into financial aspects and business models, regulatory challenges and technology developments especially looking at Germany and Italy leading experts explored large-scale battery energy storage in the context of its evolving role.

The event inspired and motivated us to continue to create a platform of exchange on battery storage and finances in the future. 

We are happy to welcome you next year from March 31 – April 1, 2026 in Frankfurt am Main for the second edition of the Battery Business & Development Forum 

Make sure to be among the first to register for next year´s event.

Register Here

What to Expect

The Battery Business & Development Forum will bring you up to speed on the latest developments in Europe’s most promising battery energy storage markets. This year, the forum will focus strongly on opportunities, risks, and solutions in Germany and Italy. 

From regulatory challenges and technology developments to both established and emerging business models, leading experts will come together to explore large-scale battery energy storage in the context of its evolving role in European grids. Join us and learn: 

• What makes a European BESS project attractive to capital providers like investors and banks. 
• How to build a bulletproof business case for your assets. 
• How to mitigate project risks in Germany: grid connection, permitting, and regulatory and political developments. 
• Grid capacity and regulatory challenges for battery storage in Italy. 
• How to optimize and combine revenue streams for your projects and portfolios. 
• How to choose the best technology and the best products for your projects. 
• Where and why it makes sense to move from PV to BESS project development, as well as from BESS development to project ownership. 

Networking Opportunities

Connect with industry leaders to explore critical challenges in bringing battery storage projects to life and making them bankable and profitable, with exclusive insights into the German and Italian markets. Save time by getting all the necessary insights into market opportunities and risk mitigation in one day, along with a pre-event networking dinner. 

Target groups: 

• Developers 
• Project owners 
• Investors 
• Banks 
• Capital providers 
• Insurers 
• Route-to-market providers 
• Technology providers 
• Energy utilities 
• DSO & TSO 
• Consultants 
• Government and regulatory bodies