Welcome and Introduction

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

Speaker

Dr. Alexander Hirnet
Vice President C&I
sonnen GmbH
Germany

Talk of session: Use Cases: New Challenges, New Opportunities - Explore the Potential

Energy storage is not an end in itself. The focus is usually on the economic benefits. Previous use cases are often not economically viable. In many cases, CAPEX and OPEX are still too high in relation to the yields. However, we are observing that the market is changing. New framework conditions and/or technical challenges offer opportunities for new types of storage use cases. The transformation of the energy system is giving rise to new use cases. For example, we are already seeing how grid bottlenecks are leading to critical conditions in the electricity grid. In response, transport grid operators are setting up battery storage systems known as grid boosters to test how they can use them to eliminate grid bottlenecks. But there are also many other storage options. This session will give you an insight into new projects and applications for storage systems.

Further Talks of this session:

Optimizing Profit of Battery Storage in Ever-Adapting Energy Markets

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse
Head of Smart Energy Systems Research Group
University of Applied Sciences Kempten
Germany

To Talk

Grid Booster & Other Use Cases in the Interest of System Stability

Speaker

Thomas Hohnholz
Manager Strategy & Business Development
TransnetBW GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Enhancing Off-Grid Mining Operations with 6MWh/12MW Battery Storage

Speaker

Daniël van Niekerk
Product Engineer - Battery Energy Storage
Aggreko
United Kingdom

To Talk

Re-engineering Europe's Energy: Dutch Mistakes and European Solutions

Speaker

Jan Willem De Jong
CEO
iwell GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Use Cases for C&I: Providing Economic and Environmental Resilience

Speaker

Rebekka Schuster
Chief Commercial Officer Storage and C&I
EDF Renewables Storage Deutschland GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Panel Discussion

To Talk

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