Making Money from Batteries
What do current players and new entrants into the market really need to know when it comes to making the most out of battery storage? Hear from leaders in the space who share their expertise in this session.
- Being in the know about realistic ways to generate revenue in the market you are playing in, being clued up if there are multiple revenue streams
- Better software means better revenue - the larger the project, the more important sophisticated Energy Management Software becomes
- Conducting effective and detailed modelling to get the most out of the asset pre-deployment
- Trading limitations and understanding the capacity of a battery – avoiding pitfalls
- What do the early days of the new market service Dynamic Containment say about where grid services in the UK are going?
- What is the outlook for the ancillary services market in the future? What will the revenue potential look like?
- How best to overcome challenges like operational metering when bidding into this market
- Transitioning from FFR to DC services; can the system keep up with the pace of change?
- Reserve and response reform - future strategy and areas of focus
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- How to make the most out of your utility-scale battery project via the best combination of revenue stacking
- What is real value-stacking and how to get services/revenue to match up
- Trading: human or machine-learning led optimization strategies?
- Adding to your bottom line with ancillary services
A three-fold presentation covering some of the most important aspects in energy storage:
- Ancillary services
- Energy & Capacity services
- Transmission and distribution services
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Long Duration & Disruptive Technologies
How do we bring future scenarios for storage to life, and simulate the required energy mix of the future?
- What will the right mix of technologies be to enable the industry to hit future targets?
- The importance of modelling and the role that energy storage is already and will play
- Simulating the ideal scenario for the real level of storage that will be required in the future
- Innovation requirements to hit these targets
The Energy Superhub Oxford is a world-first project pioneering an integrated approach to decarbonising power, transport and heat to accelerate Oxford's transition to green, clean energy. It combines battery storage, vanadium flow and integrated EV charging in order to showcase various revenue streams and capabilities.
The ESO project is a perfect example of revenue stacking, combining technologies and different revenue streams to get the most out of a project.
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This presentation will give an overview of what is needed to ensure good outcomes in thermal storage systems, implementing flexible controls and taking a whole-systems approach.
- Control systems and considerations for thermal storage systems for success on the customer side
- Requirements for various control modes from start-up through to end game
- Reacting to specific yet varied real-life scenarios throughout the process
It’s not just about electricity storage; gas and hydrogen also have the potential to push the industry forward toward the full green transition.
- EU developments & how gas and hydrogen can help with the green transition
- What further legislation or direction is required from governments to help propel the industry forward?
- What are the future development opportunities for energy storage with hydrogen and what are the real-life applications?
- How big corporate players and offtakers view the opportunity
- What will the size of the energy storage industry be in 2030?
- How dominant will Li-ion be in the coming years?
- How do disruptive technologies find a role in this rapidly growing and competitive market?
- What factors will affect the success of long duration storage?
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We will be hosting various interactive sessions to mix up your afternoon, with the chance to interact directly with leading industry figures through our virtual platform. The session will last 45 mins; these sessions are first-come first-served, please get in touch if you would like to join.
(15:30) ROUNDTABLE 1: Smart Storage Tech for the UK Energy Transition, hosted by Wärtsilä
Hosts:
Caroline Wright, Sr. Business Development Manager
Bent Iversen, Sr. Business Development Manager
(16:30) ROUNDTABLE 2: Flexibility & Optimisation, hosted by EDF
Hosts:
James Law, Senior Manager, Local Energy Markets
Fabrizio Fenu, Strategic Account Manager
(17:15) ROUNDTABLE 3: Taking Advantage of Energy Storage in Emerging Markets
- What are we seeing amongst emerging markets implementing energy storage, what challenges are they facing?
- Behind the meter distributed applications on the rise
- Focus on newer markets - West Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe
- Considering regulatory environments and pricing in emerging markets
Host: Peter Mockel, Energy Storage in Emerging Markets, International Finance Corporation
Policy & Regulation
EU and global policymakers are talking about the importance of long-duration, but what policy drivers does the market need to stimulate development for these technologies?
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We will be hosting various interactive sessions to mix up your morning, with the chance to interact directly with leading industry figures and get insight on specific countries and regions. Each session will last 45 mins; these sessions are first-come first-served, please get in touch if you would like to join.
(11:15) Iberia - hosted by UNEF & EDP Portugal
With recent announcements from Spain on their storage targets and Portugal’s solar tender with significant scope for storage add-ons, the Iberian market is ripe for investment and opportunity. Join this session to find out more, with a focus on policy and regulation.
Hosts: Alejandro Labanda, Director of Regulation & Studies, UNEF
Berto Martins, Director, Electricity Markets, EDP Portugal
(12:15) Italy - hosted by REF-E and Clean Horizon Consulting
Italy's TSO Terna SpA has just awarded five-year contracts for BESS to provide Fast Reserve grid services, as part of an over-subscribed auction in December 2020. This session will discuss what this means for the future of the storage market in Italy, and where the sector is a few months on from the auction.
Hosts: Paolo Marino, Director, REF-E
Michael Salomon Ph.D, CEO, Clean Horizon Consulting
(13:15) Ireland – host TBC
Ireland remains a hot market for storage following the DS3 auction in 2020, and they are already meeting the technical requirements with over 400MW of batteries on the grid. Here, we cover the future arrangements for system services and what will happen with the short-term reserve market in 2023?
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- The fundamental importance of prevention first – changing the inherent codes and standards in the industry
- Learnings from other countries such as the US and California
- The beginnings of a new asset register to ensure safety comes first with new storage installations of any size
Choosing a Model to Suit Your Business & Financing
- Market conditions in the UK for solar plus storage vs the rest of Europe
- What are the emerging markets on the horizon and what can they offer in terms of colocated opportunities?
- Mature markets: What is holding back multiple GW of colocated projects being developed in the UK?
- The Middle East – what makes this market so lucrative for colocation?
- Are banks and lenders still keen to do deals in the current environment?
- Predictions in the shift of funding sources – equity or debt?
- Large pension funds and the role they have to play
- What developers can do to increase their chances, tips to increase bankability and building the right relationships
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This case study will focus on the developments, learnings and pitfalls for the Whitelee Wind Farm, pairing 50MW of battery storage with wind generation.
Equigy helps balance the grid and ensure security of supply for the energy transition. It uses blockchain technology to access, via aggregators, new sources of electricity from the owners of consumer-based devices.