Deep Dive: Resilient Grids with Grid-Forming Batteries: Market Opportunities and Technical Pathways

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Recording from Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Battery Business & Development Forum | Language: English | Duration: 68:33 .

Batteries are transforming power system resilience at both utility and residential scales. This session highlights their growing role in grid stability, including grid-forming, voltage control, congestion management and system support across transmission and distribution networks. The discussion will identify established and emerging markets for these services, such as in Germany from 2026, detailing their impact on inverter-based systems. Experts will assess how large-scale and distributed batteries complement each other, offering a market overview and technology perspectives, and will outline pathways for implementing power electronics and control systems for secure, flexible grid operations.

Moderator

Catarina Augusto
Head of System Integration
SolarPower Europe

Speaker

Carsten Wendt
Head of Large Scale Storage
SMA Solar Technology AG

Marie Garstecki
Regulatory & Policy Manager
sonnen

Ivan Volodin
ESS Product Manager
Sungrow Deutschland

Tian Xiang
Head of EU C&I
Cubenergy

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