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Grid-Scale Energy Storage

25th June to 26th June 2012, London, United Kingdom

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8.30		Registration & Coffee
9.00		Chairman's Opening Remarks Ron Loveland, Director, Sustainable Energy and Industry , Welsh Assembly Government View Bio James Macnaghten, Chief Executive Officer, Isentropic View Bio
9.10		A review of energy storage technologies Graham Cooley, Chief Executive Officer, ITM Power View Bio A new low-carbon power system Solutions for balancing the grid Energy storage and DSM Energy storage applications Energy storage technologies Sector export
9.50		The value of electricity storage Jos Blom, Innovation and Strategy Consultant, Alliander N.V. View Bio For households For environment For grids
10.20		Morning Coffee
10.50		Setting long-term priorities for energy storage innovation and deployment in the UK Eric Lounsbury, Associate Director, The Carbon Trust View Bio The role of grid-scale energy storage in the future energy system The green growth opportunity for UK energy storage businesses Market failures and barriers holding back innovation and deployment in energy storage Opportunities for public sector support of energy storage innovation
11.25		The future role of energy storage in the UK Jonathan Radcliffe, Head, Analysis Team, Energy Research Partnership View Bio The energy system to 2030 The role for energy storage Energy storage research, development and demonstration in the UK Deployment issues
12.00		Strategic assessment of the role and value of energy storage systems in the UK low-carbon energy future Goran Strbac, Professor of Electrical Energy Systems, Imperial College London View Bio Role of energy storage in suporting cost effective intgeration of low carbon energy system Assessing the benefits and deployment volumes of energy storage What is the competition to energy storage? What are the cost and performance targets for grid scale energy storage systems? Case study: value of storage in future UK energy system
12.35		Investment drivers and market reform for electricity storage Sean Gammons, Director, NERA Economic Consulting View Bio Key economic value drivers for electric storage Electricity market structure and the market reform process Locational signals for storage investment
13.10		Networking Lunch
14.10		Key drivers of value for early energy storage opportunities a US Market Perspective David Walls, Managing Director, Energy Practice, Navigant Consulting View Bio Framework for assessing the value of energy storage High value opportunities for early storage applications Policy and market issues facing US developers Project examples from the US market
14.45		Challenges and opportunities for energy storage technologies at the grid scale Nigel Brandon, Director of the Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London View Bio Desired technology characteristics Overcoming current limitations in electrochemical energy storage and conversion Innovation and commercialisation of grid scale storage technology
15.20		Bringing energy storage from alternative to mainstream: policy initiatives Sally Fenton, Project Leader, Innovation Delivery, Department of Energy and Climate Change View Bio The ongoing need for innovation in storage solutions Exploring incentives and support to make storage viable Government and industry – working together to overcome barriers to innovation
15.55		Afternoon Tea
16.15		Grid-scale energy storage more than one way Stewart Reid, Future Networks and Policy Manager, Scottish and Southern Energy View Bio Technologies under development Network requirements for integration Commercial models being trialled by SSE Power Distribution
16.50		Global developments in the underground elements of compressed air energy storage (CAES): analysis and technical issues Michael King, Principal, Hydrodynamics View Bio Earth-based geological structures are the only option to service as air storage vessels for bulk energy CAES facilities. Earth-based structures suitable for service as air storage vessels include 1) solution mined salt cavities, 2) excavated mine cavities, 3) aquifer-water bearing geologic structures, and 4) depleted natural gas reservoirs CAES has been successful in solution mined salt domes/bedded salt formations Hydrodynamics successfully analyzed, tested, and designed the Norton Mine, Ohio CAES storage vessel to support up to 2,700 MWe power Hydrodynamics is currently modeling and testing CAES in both aquifer and depleted natural gas fields in the USA and Canada. Results of our research are provided
17.10		Panel discussion: Energy storage- where are we and what are the prospects for the future Gareth Evans, Head of Profession Engineering, Ofgem View Bio David Walls, Managing Director, Energy Practice, Navigant Consulting View Bio Jonathan Radcliffe, Head, Analysis Team, Energy Research Partnership View Bio James Macnaghten, Chief Executive Officer, Isentropic View Bio Energy storage is an alternative to the smart grid yet there are no commercial storage technologies. Topics discussed in this lively session will include updates on field tests, regulatory framework designs and value concerns. The panel will include a selection of the day’s speakers. Energy storage is an alternative to the smart grid yet there are no commercial storage technologies. Topics discussed in this lively session will include updates on field tests, regulatory framework designs and value concerns. The panel will include a selection of the day’s speakers. Energy storage is an alternative to the smart grid yet there are no commercial storage technologies. Topics discussed in this lively session will include updates on field tests, regulatory framework designs and value concerns. The panel will include a selection of the day’s speakers. Energy storage is an alternative to the smart grid yet there are no commercial storage technologies. Topics discussed in this lively session will include updates on field tests, regulatory framework designs and value concerns. The panel will include a selection of the day’s speakers.
17.45		Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One James Macnaghten, Chief Executive Officer, Isentropic View Bio

8.30		Registration & Coffee
9.00		Chairman's Opening Remarks Graham Howes, Ventures Associate, BP Alternative Energy International View Bio
9.10		Policy initiatives to support storage deployment Keith MacLean, Future Networks and Policy Manager, SSE View Bio How does storage work within the context of the current market and regulatory framework What is being done to overcome legislative and planning obstacles How can legislation and regulation positively influence stakeholder value propositions Exploring potential incentives and support to further project goals How does storage work within the context of the current market and regulatory framework What is being done to overcome legislative and planning obstacles How can legislation and regulation positively influence stakeholder value propositions Exploring potential incentives and support to further project goals
9.40		The transmission perspective on energy storage Richard Smith, Future Transmission Networks Manager, National Grid View Bio Implications for the system operator, e.g. obtaining an energy balance in real time Planning for uncertainty and integrating renewables into our networks The unsolved challenges for grid scale storage
10.10		Investigation of the role of energy storage in low-carbon networks Neal Wade, Lecturer, Energy Group, Durham University View Bio How can energy storage systems assist with the integration of low-carbon loads and generators in electricity distribution networks? Experience from modelling and operating a 200 kWh/600 kW Li-ion battery on an 11kV network Trial design for the energy storage installations planned for the customer-led network revolution project Consideration of non-technical factors when modelling energy storage systems in distribution networks
10.40		Morning Coffee
11.10		Assessment of demand-side participation potential for the UK between 2015 - 2035 Karima Boukir, Head of Management of Intermittent Renewable Energies, EDF Energy/R&D UK Centre View Bio Scenarios for decarbonising heat and transport in the UK, through specific examples from DECC 2050 pathways Impact of demand scenarios on the load curve and on the UK power system Assessment of the related economic value in dealing with DSP Some challenges in deploying DSP
11.40		Maintaining grid security in a decarbonised world Andy Boston, Technical Head, Business Modelling, E.ON View Bio Power is central to wider economy decarbonisation The carbon/cost/security trilemma Timescales of threats to security and their mitigation Potential role for storage
12.10		Electrochemical energy storage for grid applications Peter Hall, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield View Bio NaS and ZEBRA: high-temperature battery systems Li-ion Redox flow cells Aqueous based batteries Supercapacitors Technology comparisons and safety
12.40		Networking Lunch
13.40		A system to stabilise the UK grid and give significant CO2 reductions Eric Lewis, Engineering Consultant, Power Electronics, Converteam (GE Energy) View Bio Results from the GE Energy, Power Conversion stability modelling of the proposed 2020 UK Grid Data on MWh class energy storage projects connected to the China and USA grid systems The new grid scale Durathon TM energy storage battery A proposed design to stabilise the proposed 2020 UK Grid plus major CO2 reduction benefit
14.10		Insights in storage as a solution for local renewable electricity generation Grietus Mulder, Expert Smart Grids and Electricity Storage, VITO View Bio Lead-acid batteries: technical characteristics, cost and lifetime Break-even analysis of PV-battery self-consumption systems Factors influencing the feasibility of self-consumption
14.40		The potential for electric vehicle integration into grid-scale storage Jonathan Dixon, Corporate Planning , Nissan Motor Co. View Bio Electric Vehicle growth potential Real-world experience of electric Vehicles as a portable energy device Opportunities for supporting energy usage efficiency and renewable promotion
15.10		Afternoon Tea
15.30		The possible role of thermal energy storage within the UK energy network Phil Eames, Professor of Renewable Energy and Drirector, CREST, Loughborough University View Bio Energy storage density Charge/discharge rates and effectiveness Parasitic heat loss and energy degradation Case studies
16.00		An alternative market mechanism to optimise the income generated by an electricity storage system James Macnaghten, Chief Executive Officer, Isentropic View Bio Introduction to Isentropic Outline of Pumped Heat Electricity Storage Discussion of a novel method of aggregating the value of storage Reasons why this trading method should be considered by DECC Practical issues
16.30		The Highview Cryo Energy System: utility-scale energy storage- solving the problem with cold cryogenic energy storage Gareth Brett, Chief Executive Officer, Highview Power Storage View Bio Introducing the operational pilot plant connected to the National Grid Insight into the technology, economics, unique applications The commercialisation road-map
17.00		Energy storage and offshore renewables Seamus Garvey, Professor of Dynamics and Director of Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham View Bio Why offshore renewables are a particularly strong driver for ES in at least some contexts The relationship between offshore renewable penetration and ES Potentials for integration of offshore energy harvesting and storage A system design for integrated offshore energy collection and storage
17.30		Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Graham Howes, Ventures Associate, BP Alternative Energy International View Bio

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