Programme Day One

Opening keynote session: Electrical Energy Storage – dream or reality?

• Assessing the need for energy storage in the modern power network
• Understanding why energy storage is an enabling technology
• Demonstrating examples of technologies and applications
• Mapping the future of industry developments

European case study: Revealing the latest developments and strategies from the market leader in energy storage trialling

• What technologies are currently being trialled and seen as the leader in technology?
• Evaluating the different testing techniques and determining measurement criteria
• Comparing development status between the US and Europe to evaluate levels of progression
• Identifying the next steps in the trials and predicting and implementation time scale

Large scale energy storage as a challenge for the electricity system of the future

• An overview of the latest research at E.ON
• Understanding the industry drivers for energy storage
• Evaluating the variety of available technologies
• Discussing the economics of energy storage

Identifying opportunities to integrate the utility and automotive sector to maximise energy storage benefi ts

• How much do these two industries have in common?
• Identifying the shared challenges and opportunities to learn from each other
• Evaluating the points of integration for the industries and how
  far away they are, including: vehicle to grid, vehicle to home, battery recycling schemes, charging infrastructures

Renewable generation technologies: addressing emerging energy storage needs

Presented by Altairnano, a leading provider of power and energy management systems, this session discusses the impact widespread utility-scale renewable generation will have on the electric grid and the role advanced energy storage systems will play in mitigating grid instability.

Key takeaways:

• The impact widespread utility-scale renewable generation will have on the electric grid
• The role advanced energy storage systems will play in mitigating grid instability

Utilising smart storage and control technologies to maximise the benefits of storage and prevent energy leakage

• Fully understanding the capabilities of smart storage to optimise the benefits for your application
• Predicting the reduction in energy leakage to determine the actual benefits
• Evaluating alternative cost models for smart storage and control
• Demonstrating the integration of smart storage and control with the grid and other grid technologies

Secure Low Carbon Electricity in the 2020s: the need for flexibility

• Understanding the challenges of creating a secure supply of low carbon energy
• Discussing the role of energy storage in meeting carbon reduction commitments
• Highlighting the drivers and stumbling blocks from a Governmental point of view of implementing utility scale energy storage
• Evaluating the time line to implementation

Establishing the potential for increases in safety provision for automotive and utility scale applications to safeguard investment and resources

• Pinpointing the current challenges when it comes to safety for the automotive sector
• Identifying the unique challenges for utility scale storage and the similarities with the automotive industry
• Revealing the latest thinking in safety research and future developments ready for commercialisation
• Identifying other re-use and re-cycle opportunities with in other industries and applications that wont compromise on safety

Understanding the grid perspective of network storage integration to develop future-proof storage strategy and systems

• Revealing the challenges for grid operators for utility storage
• Understanding the responsibility of grid operators to integrate the electric vehicle market
• Evaluating the grid and network requirement for future energy innovations
• Assessing the changing loads on the grid and the impact on energy storage requirements