Recording of Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: - | Duration: 00:00 .

Talk of session: Long-Duration Energy Storage - What's Holding it Back, When Will it Break Through?

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is undoubtedly a key enabler for achieving net-zero. However, despite a wide range of technology providers claiming cost competitiveness and other advantages over lithium-ion batteries, the latter continue to dominate new deployments in Europe and elsewhere. So what's holding LDES back? What is needed to enable more widespread adoption? And when will the age of LDES finally arrive?In this panel, experts will provide an assessment of the suitability of LDES for today's market, the barriers that exist and the requirements and likely timeline for LDES to finally become mainstream.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Dr. Oliver Schmidt
CEO
dvlp.energy
Germany

To Talk

Perspectives on LDES Susan Taylor

Speaker

Susan Taylor
Senior Analyst
S&P Global

To Talk

Perspectives on LDES Julia Souder

Speaker

Julia Souder
CEO
LDES Council
Belgium

To Talk

Perspectives on LDES Laurent Segalen

Speaker

Laurent Segalen
CEO
Megawatt-X
United Kingdom

To Talk

Perspectives on LDES Wilhelm Löwenhielm

Speaker

Wilhelm Löwenhielm
Senior Director ESS
Northvolt
Sweden

To Talk

Perspectives on LDES Jan Andersson

Speaker

Jan Andersson
Director, Global Market Development
Sumitomo SHi FW
Finland

To Talk

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