Daniël van Niekerk

Job Title: Product Engineer - Battery Energy Storage
Company: Aggreko
Country: 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.

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Sessions

Session

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

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 11:30 am - 01:00 pm

ICM München 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.

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Expert Interview

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The smarter E Podcast Episode 161 | Language: German

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We speak with Jan Figgener about the role of battery storage and about which developments can be expected.