During the last decades, researchers have demonstrated in many inspiring and creative ways that electrodeposition is an essential and versatile technology to fabricate tailored nanostructures relevant to many different applications. The combination of excellent know-how on how electrodeposition parameters influence and control the composition, morphology and structure of the resulting materials, as well as applying inventive approaches using tailored and complex substrates, templates, and new methodologies, have resulted in a plethora of three-, two-, one- and zero-dimensional materials and coatings of many different compositions and combinations. This talk will provide an overview of remarkable advances achieved in designing and synthesizing nanostructured materials by electrodeposition, especially for energy applications, such as electrodes for batteries, photo- and electrocatalysis, and thermoelectrics, and discuss the upcoming perspectives and challenges in the field.