Use Cases: New Challenges, New Opportunities - Explore the Potential

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Time
11:30 am - 01:00 pm
Hall
ICM München
Room
Room 4

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.

11:30 am - 11:35 amWelcome and Introduction

Dr. Alexander Hirnet

Vice President C&I

sonnen GmbH

11:35 am - 11:47 amOptimizing Profit of Battery Storage in Ever-Adapting Energy Markets

Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse

Head of Smart Energy Systems Research Group

University of Applied Sciences Kempten

11:47 am - 11:59 amGrid Booster & Other Use Cases in the Interest of System Stability

Thomas Hohnholz

Manager Strategy & Business Development

TransnetBW GmbH

11:59 am - 12:11 pmEnhancing Off-Grid Mining Operations with 6MWh/12MW Battery Storage

Daniël van Niekerk

Product Engineer - Battery Energy Storage

Aggreko

12:11 pm - 12:23 pmRe-engineering Europe's Energy: Dutch Mistakes and European Solutions

Jan Willem De Jong

CEO

iwell GmbH

12:23 pm - 12:35 pmUse Cases for C&I: Providing Economic and Environmental Resilience

Rebekka Schuster

Chief Commercial Officer Storage and C&I

EDF Renewables Storage Deutschland GmbH

12:35 pm - 01:00 pmPanel Discussion

Speakers
Speaker
Rebekka Schuster, EDF Renewables Storage Deutschland GmbH

Chief Commercial Officer Storage and C&I

Germany

Rebekka Schuster is the Chief Commercial Officer of EDF Renewables Storage Deutschland, a startup founded in 2018 in Berlin. The company's goal is to help the German industry build energy resilience through storage and solar energy projects. The company has successfully grown and is now one of the leading providers of storage as a service for the German industry. Rebekka brings more than a decade of experience in the renewable energy industry. Her focus has been developing PV plants and market access strategies throughout Europe for international companies. She joined the EDF group in 2018 with the focus on battery storage, integration of renewable energies and service concepts for the industry. She holds an MBA from EADA and HHL business schools. New business models and strategies to further develop the renewable energies market have been her constant driver.

Speaker
Thomas Hohnholz, TransnetBW GmbH

Manager Strategy & Business Development

Germany

Thomas Hohnholz works in Business Development & Strategy at TransnetBW, one of the four German TSOs and responsible for grid development and operation in the Southwest of Germany. His work focuses on energy storage applications, e.g. covering strategic development, market research and policy advice. He joined TransnetBW in Regulatory Affairs & Energy Policy to deal with regulatory aspects in the Grid Booster project, Europe's largest Storage-As-Transmission project. Prior to joining TransnetBW, he gained experience in an electric-thermal storage project.

Speaker
Jan Willem De Jong, iwell GmbH

CEO

Germany

Jan Willem de Jong is CEO and Founder of iwell GmbH. As a serial entrepreneur, Jan Willem de Jong enables business as a force for good. Always under the guise: improve the world, start a company. With iwell he is rebuilding the European energy system with intelligent battery hardware and software. From centrally managed, fossil and predictable towards local, clean and dynamic.

Speaker
Dr. Alexander Hirnet, sonnen GmbH

Vice President C&I

Germany

Alexander leads Sonnen's commercial and industrial storage development activities in the position of Vice President C&I since 2019. Prior to sonnen, Alexander helped build the stationary energy storage business unit at VARTA as technical director. He has a diploma and a doctorate in physics.

Speaker
Daniël van Niekerk, Aggreko

Product Engineer - Battery Energy Storage

United Kingdom

Daniël Roux van Niekerk has over 10 years' experience in the field of Electrical Engineering. Daniël progressed in his career to become a Protection Coordination and Configuration Specialist on Distribution electrical networks. In 2021 Daniël was appointed as an Electrical Specialist at a Gold Mine in West Africa where he was the Electrical lead on the Installation and Commissioning of HFO plant and BESS as a spinning reserve solution. Currently Daniël is working for Aggreko as Product Engineer for Energy Storage providing technical support for project deployments on a global scale. Daniël has a bachelor's degree in Electric and Electronic Engineering (B.Eng.) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. He holds a Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng.) status at the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), is a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), CIGRE and also a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

Speaker
Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse, University of Applied Sciences Kempten

Head of Smart Energy Systems Research Group

Germany

Holger Hesse is Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten. He holds a PhD in physics and he gained expert knowledge in the fields of battery storage and energy markets through various stages in industry and academia. He was postdoctoral researcher at Technical University of Munich and consultant for BMW, e.on and other well renowned industrial players. His research team has a particular focus on battery storage modelling including techno-economic analyses, energy dispatch optimization and machine learning derived control of systems.

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Joint Session
The smarter E Europe Conference Opening Session: GET ENERGIZED: RENEWABLES 24/7

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 09:30 am - 11:00 am

ICM München Room 1

This is the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, explained UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai last December. For the first time, the world community agreed to"transition away from fossil energy carriers" in order to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5° Celsius, sending a clear signal - also to investors. With a record deployment of 473 gigawatts of renewableenergy sources in 2023, we're on the right track, but we need to move faster, especially when it comes to expanding the required infrastructure such as grids, storage systems, and e-mobility. We will need sustainable solutions on all grid levels and in all sectors to meet the challenges of a renewable 24/7energy supply. How can the energy industry become climate neutral asquickly as possible? What challenges are utilities facing and how can they overcome them? Join us at our opening session, allow yourself to be inspired, and motivated to work towards a fossil fuel-free world!

Special Event
AWARD Ceremony

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 06:15 pm - 07:30 pm

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Speaker
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

Director Division Hydrogen Technologies

Germany

Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling studied Physics and worked for like ten years in the field of Silicon Photovoltaics before he became Director of the Hydrogen Technologies Division at ISE with a staff of about 150 scientists, engineers, and students today. Among his manyfold affiliations he is the spokesperson of the Fraunhofer Hydrogen Network (36 institutes) and Board Member of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence 'Integrated Energy Systems'. Next to his close involvement in national hydrogen strategy developments he is member of the Expert committee for the Transformation of the Automobile Industry of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Furthermore, he is the Co-Chair of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, and he is involved in international stakeholder processes and advisory boards of international hydrogen and fuel cell conferences. He published more than 150 journal and conference papers and is Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Hydrogen Technologies Division conducts research in low temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis and fuel cell systems, as well as in thermochemical catalysis and process developments of hydrogen to synthetic fuels and chemicals (PtX).

Speaker
Andreas Richter, DEKRA SE

R&D Manager

A technical expert with a passion for electromobility - this is Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Richter, R&D Manager at DEKRA. He has almost 15 years of experience in the field of e-mobility, a topic that has been a recurring theme throughout his career: After studying mechatronics with a focus on vehicle mechatronics, Andreas was in charge of cross-divisional electromobility services from 2010 on and set up a DEKRA Group-wide E-Mobility Competence Center. In his current position as R&D Manager, two topics are particularly close to his heart: the electrical safety of vehicles and determining the State of Health of the EV battery. Andreas is also the founder of DEKRA's Battery Test for Electric Cars, a unique, patented procedure for determining the battery SoH.

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