Recording from Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Battery Business & Development Forum | Language: English | Duration: 118:07 .
Grid connection remains one of the central bottlenecks for battery storage in Germany. At the same time, new instruments such as flexible connection agreements (FCA) and upcoming changes in grid fees are reshaping how projects are developed, assessed and financed. This session brings together regulators, grid operators and developers to discuss how the system currently works and where it is heading.
What you will discuss:
How FCA agreements are currently negotiated in practice and where uncertainty remains
Whether FCA can become a standardized and investable framework
How grid operators and developers assess risk, predictability and cooperation
What to expect from upcoming reforms (AgNeS, grid fees) and how they affect project economics
What developers should do today to make projects robust under changing rules
Moderator
Lars Stephan
Director Policy and Advocacy
Fluence
Speaker
Georg Gallmetzer
Managing Director
ECO STOR
Philipp Hesel
Senior Associate
Aurora Energy Research
Barbara Plura
Asset Management HV/MV
LVN
Nora Amer Mahgoub
Senior Research Consultant
FfE
Karsten Bourwieg
Chairman of Ruling Chamber 8, electriciy network
tariffs
Bundesnetzagentur
Steffen Schülzchen
CEO & Founder
Entrix
Christina Hepp
Director Strategy
green flexibility
Niklas Högel
Head of Strategig Asset Management
Schleswig-Holstein Netz GmbH
Friedrich Kunz
Senior Advisor Market Design
TenneT TSO