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Upcoming Energy Storage Events
14th Energy Storage World Forum
(ONLINE) 19 - 20 May 2021
Ricardo Santos
Associate Director Innovation Department
EDP (Portugal)
EDP (Portugal)
Friedrich Kunz
Advisor Market Development
TENNET (GERMANY)
TENNET (GERMANY)
Marios Sousounis
Research Engineer
ADMIE (GREECE)
ADMIE (GREECE)
Dr. Julian Marschewski
Strategic Development
RWE GENERATION SE (GERMANY)
RWE GENERATION SE (GERMANY)
David Safar
Member of Board of Directors
E.ON (Czech Republic )
E.ON (Czech Republic )
Eric Morelle
Project Manager
RTE INTERNATIONAL (FRANCE)
RTE INTERNATIONAL (FRANCE)
Camel Makhloufi
Key Expert Hydrogen Lab
ENGIE (FRANCE)
ENGIE (FRANCE)
Steven Edwards
Power Business Development
SIMEC GROUP (UK)
SIMEC GROUP (UK)
WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
Berlin
London
Rome
ExhibitionTESTIMONIALS
High scientific content, well targeted, perfect organization.
, Expert Technical & Governance, Elia, Energy Storage World Forum Berlin
Probably the most interactive and well organized storage event on the calendar.
, Sales Director, S&C, Energy Storage World Forum Berlin
Well-designed, organized, friendly staff– and various international contacts we hope to do business with soon.
, Marketing Manager, Gildemeister, Energy Storage World Forum Berlin
Very informative with good networking & knowledge sharing session.
, Senior Director, Energy Market Authority, Energy Storage World Forum London
Excellent networking event. The sponsorship was well worth it.
, Manager, ATL, Energy Storage World Forum Sydney
Great topics, competent speakers, good networking: keep it like that.
, TLC & SCADA Manager, FRI-EL, Energy Storage World Forum Berlin
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ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction to Solar energy
While exporting electricity to the grid is no longer such a lucrative prospect, using solar power to reduce one’s own energy consumption still brings price savings. When power is drawn from the electrical grid at a flat rate, there is no need to store that solar power.
Thermal Energy
Storing excessive thermal energy to be used in colder times is one of the oldest forms of energy storage known to us. Recent research and development have made it possible to use this energy for grid applications. Learn more about the different types of thermal energy storage here.
History of Grid-Scale
Since the electrical grid has existed, so has the need for stored forms of energy that can be drawn on to meet times of peak demand and regulate frequency. In the past, the bulk of this extra energy came from fossil fuel plants that were fired up and down with demand.
Economics of Energy Storage
Are energy storage systems profitable? How does their value relate to their costs? How will this change in the near and long-term future? Learn more about the economics of energy storage and the business case for these solutions.
THE LAST WORD ABOUT ENERGY STORAGE
Exploring new and innovative regulatory frameworks have long been a topic of discussion in the energy storage world – it’s a programme topic in this year’s Energy Storage World Forum. But while regulations fail to keep pace with new advances in the sector, how much is this holding back the adoption of energy storage technologies?
Lack of certainty holds back long term planning
Energy storage suffers from lack of regulatory certainty within the EU. While a number of member states – Germany and the UK especially – have made great strides in adoption levels, lack of consistency is a looming issue.
A key problem is that much regulation does not know where energy storage systems should be classed – when treated as a generation asset, this prohibits DNOs from owning or operating them. It also opens storage operators to being charged twice, for both charging and discharging.
The lack of clear regulatory frameworks makes long-term revenue forecasting a difficult affair for developers and keeps investors and financiers cautious.
The momentum of the energy storage market
While these regulatory conditions are not ideal for energy storage developers, the sector continues to grow as the technology matures and financing becomes easier to procure. Capital expenditure costs are falling and new avenues to market are opening, with grid ancillary services being the primary target for new developers. The UK’s National Grid have signalled that large changes to the grid-balancing services market are to come, further expanding energy storage opportunities.
Meeting the needs of end users and grid operators has seen large amounts of storage capacity installed both for grid-scale applications and behind-the-meter. As the benefits of resilience and flexibility become more apparent to potential investors and the business case for storage applications becomes more robust, demand and deployments will keep increasing. Dominique Jamme, Special Adviser to the President of the French Commission de Régulation de l’Énergie (CRE), opined that regulatory barriers are secondary to market barriers in much of Europe in ESWFs February Webinar.
Potential regulatory disparity
Falling costs and deployment benefits may have given energy storage an unstoppable momentum, but that does not mean that current regulatory frameworks are not hampering growth. Even now, growth is concentrated in a small number of countries – those where policy and regulations favour storage adoptions and recognise (or begin to recognise) it’s value. This effect is particularly noticeable in the United States, where regulatory differences between states have a clear effect on the amount of planned energy storage deployment.
Regulatory barriers are also identified as a hindrance to further energy storage projects by many in the field. In the UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Energy Storage claim that current government policy will reduce the storage capacity deployed by 2021 from a potential 12 GW to 8 GW. The European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) have also stated that regulations must keep up with advances for the technology to flourish.
The benefits of energy storage for both end users and the grid have already reached a tipping point where costs are justified for many business cases – this trend shows no sign of stopping. Regulatory frameworks that recognise the value of the technology, coordinate advances throughout the European member states and give developers a consistent structure for long-term forecast are still necessary for optimum growth.