EUSEW – Energy storage to boost EU decarbonisation and competitiveness

As part of the European Sustainable Energy Week, InnoEnergy, EERA and Steag will co-arrange a seminar dedicated to energy storage and how it boosts EU decarbonisation and competitiveness.

Europe is facing major challenges regarding the energy transition towards a climate-neutral economy and society by 2050. These challenges need to be tackled at many levels – scientific progress to find new, unexplored solutions and improve existing ones; their uptake by industry, translating them into competitive applications while guaranteeing jobs and opening new market opportunities in Europe; political support, adequate regulation and strategic investment, and society at large, which needs to embrace both new technologies and fundamental behavioural changes.

Energy storage is a key element in the challenge to achieve a decarbonised economy at the crossroads of electrified mobility, penetration of renewables, and a decentralised energy system. This session will gather stakeholders from across the value chain and from different
energy storage applications. The first part is dedicated to the presentation of future and emerging technologies for energy storage – focusing on chemical and electrochemical approaches – with an emphasis on research and innovation. In the second part, we will be
discussing how the European industry is applying specifically battery technologies, working on new options for the integration of renewables and improving the utilization of the grid.
Both parts are taking into account recent development at policy level – including for example the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries, the Electricity Market Directive, the European Battery Alliance and the upcoming Framework Programme for Research and Innovation with its Mission approach.

Programme & Speakers

Keynote speech by Hans Van Steen, Acting Director, DG ENER, European Commission (10’)

Panel discussion #1: Energy storage R&I at the service of EU competitiveness (20’+10′ Q&A)
Moderator & panelists:

• Edel Sheridan, Senior Research Scientist, EERA/SINTEF (moderator)
• Prof. Kristina Edström, Uppsala University, Coordinator of BATTERY 2030+ (batteries)
• Prof. Jens K. Nørskov, Technical University of Denmark, Coordinator of ENERGY-X (Chemical storage)
• Prof. Huub de Groot, Leiden University, Coordinator of SUNRISE (Chemical storage)
• Pietro Gallone, COO, Nidec ASI GmbH

Keynote speech by Bo Normark, Thematic Leader Smart Grids & Energy Storage InnoEnergy: “How to bridge the gap between R&I and energy storage applications – the ETIP Battery illustration” (10’)

Panel discussion #2: Applications in energy storage to foster EU competitiveness – Concrete examples (20’+10′ Q&A)
Moderator & panelists:

• Susanne Nies, Strategy and Communication Managing Director, ENTSO-E (Moderator)
• Operating experiences in Battery Storage – Sticking to the unbundling and clear allocation of responsibilities for optimisation of the grid usage by Dr. Hans Wolf von Koeller, Head of Energy Policy, STEAG GmbH
• Stationary application by Alexander Schönfeldt, COO, Enerox
• Electromobility application from the automobile sector (tbd)

Conclusion by Diego Pavia, CEO, InnoEnergy (5’)

Practical information

Date and Time: 20 June 2019, 11:00-12:30
Place: Brussels