Recording of Friday, May 09, 2025 | The smarter E Europe | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 11:20 .

Germany's Energy Market Evolves with Multi-Market Battery Optimization and Peak Shaving Strategies

The discussion centers on the profitable applications of battery storage in Germany's energy market, particularly due to the influence of photovoltaic (PV) systems. With 32 gigawatts recently added to the grid, PVs have led to negative pricing periods where supply surpasses demand, causing price swings as extreme as -100 Euros per megawatt hour. This creates opportunities for batteries that can charge during low or negative prices and discharge when rates peak. Batteries facilitate multi-market optimization across day-ahead and intraday markets while engaging in ancillary services like AFR (automatic frequency restoration reserve) and FCR (frequency containment reserve). For industrial users facing high grid fees from peak demands, batteries offer cost reductions through peak shaving strategies alongside revenue generation from wholesale market participation outside those peaks. An example is an aluminum mill saving significant costs annually with this strategy—160k Euros last year—with potential earnings around another 200k Euros via optimized battery use throughout different seasons based on specific needs between summer versus winter dynamics. Integrating behind-the-meter batteries into FCR or AFR markets involves creating a metering concept since these are not typically supplied by current suppliers; alignment with balancing circles is necessary to avoid disrupting forecasts. A Huawei representative voices concerns about declining revenues in UK intra-day FCR markets but suggests future opportunities may arise despite uncertainties due to increasing renewable projects over five-to-six years in Germany before stabilizing flexibility improves spreads' value allocation across interconnected segments rather than assuming any single segment becoming obsolete soon.

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Speaker

Kai Becker
Chief Development Officer
Energy2market

Talk of session: Turning Energy Flexibility Into Money

Discover how commercial and industrial energy users can unlock new revenue streams through energy flexibility. This session will explore how to create revenue streams and save costs from making use of the latest flexibilty technologies, participating in demand response programs, make use of dynamic pricing, integrating energy storage systems and other approaches. Learn from successful case studies with examples of innovative approaches in flexible energy use in industrial/commercial settings.

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Welcome

Speaker

Lucinda Murley
Flexibility Specialist
LCP Delta

To Talk

Buildings: The Sleeping Giants of Grid Flexibility

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Romain Serres
CEO
Tilt Energy

To Talk

Unlocking Behind-the-Meter Value: Local Flexibilty and Multi-Use Cases for C&I Success

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Finn Neugebauer
Head of Sales
be.storaged

To Talk

AI-Driven Energy Trading Optimization for Co-Located Battery Storage & Renewables

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Dr. Lennard Wilkening
CEO
suena GmbH

To Talk

Monetizing Flexibility of Industrial Power-to-Heat

Speaker

Markus Fleschutz
Manager Product and Business Development
Entelios AG

To Talk

Q&A

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