Welcome and Introduction

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Recording of Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 4:21 .

Welcome Remarks at Electrical Energy Storage Europe 2024 Highlight Massive Industry Growth, Key Regulatory and Market Challenges

Florian Mayr, the conference committee chair for the 2024 Electrical Energy Storage (EAS) Europe event, welcomed attendees and outlined his role in organizing this year's conference. As a partner at Apricum with a decade of experience in energy storage, he highlighted the significant growth in the sector, noting that annual installations have doubled to 17 gigawatt hours per year. The conference aims to address critical industry questions over two days. Key sessions include identifying Europe's hottest markets for energy storage through an engaging tournament mode moderated by Woodmax Anadamani and examining EU regulations' effectiveness facilitated by influencer Lars Steffern. Another session will explore current use cases driven by flexibility needs in evolving energy systems, led by co-chair Alexander Hirneth. Mayr also emphasized addressing supply chain challenges experienced last year due to price hikes and disruptions. Discussions will cover recent improvements with lower battery cell prices while exploring future expectations and strategies for successful supply chain management.

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Florian Mayr
Partner
Apricum - The Cleantech Advisory
Germany

The worst appears to be over. After significant bottlenecks in the battery energy storage systems (BESS) supply chain, the supply of lithium-ion batteries is expected to far exceed demand, helping to resupply the market. However, a closer look reveals that BESS players should continue to actively manage their supply chain, given the continued market dominance of EV OEMs, rising ESG concerns, increasing barriers to free trade and the notorious "pork cycles" of the mining industry. But how should players respond?In this panel, key players will discuss key trends in the BESS value chain, share their perspectives on the resulting challenges and opportunities, and discuss the best strategies to secure supply at optimal cost.

Further Talks of this session:

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Violette Coquatrix
Vice President Supply Chain Operations EMEA
Fluence
United Kingdom

To Talk

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Corrine Lin
Chairman and Chief Analyst
InfoLink Consulting Co,. Ltd.
China

To Talk

Speaker

Evan Hartley
Senior Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
United Kingdom

To Talk

Speaker

Jérôme Bersano
Director of Products ESS
Northvolt
Sweden

To Talk

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