Grid-Scale Energy Storage: Technological Innovations, Applications, and the Emerging Market
Tuesday July 27 2010, 8:30- 11:30am
Energy storage holds value for the grid by way of improved stabilty, power quality, and reliability of supply. Energy storage is widely considered the holy-grail, or missing link, of the grid, and thanks to recent trends surrounding the proliferation of the smart-grid and renewable energies, demand for grid-scale energy storage is on the rise. Addressing the multiple applications and technologies for grid-scale energy storage, we ask: how do we reach a low-cost, high-efficiency energy storage system and, more far-reaching, how do we close the loop between supply (storage technologies) and demand?
This seminar will bring together energy storage technology companies, renewable energy companies, electricity companies, and investors.
8:50am Welcome/Introduction
Introduction
- Definition of energy storage; progress of technologies to date.
- What are the most promising emerging technologies?
- Where is the innovation coming from? Where is the funding coming from?
Applications
- Addressing: frequency regulation (power-oriented), peak shaving (load-shifting), ancillary services, and etc.
- Asking: what is the purpose/benefits to the grid? The economic viability? The applicable technologies? The implementation/grid integration strategies?
Intermittent Renewables
- How does energy storage support the intregration of renewables to the grid (spinning reserve support, transmission curtailment reduction, time shifting)?
- How do applications differ for wind farms vs. solar?
- What are the financial advantages (storage to lower the price of renewables intregration, energy arbitrage, and etc.)?
Comparing Energy Storage Technologies
- On what dimensions are grid-scale energy storage technologies assessed? How do technologies compare in meeting these demands/criteria (energy density, space, life span, reliability, etc.)?
- What technologies are closest to reaching commercialization? Why?
- Which technologies are cost-competitive?
- What technologies are the most environmentally sound? The most socially acceptable? Why?
The Market
- What are the market requirements for energy storage technologies?
- Comparison to international energy storage markets (Europe, Japan, etc.)?
- Market projections
The Big Question
- What regulatory climate will support the emerging energy storage market?
10:30am End of Panel Discussion: Q & A from audience
11:00am Networking
11:30am End of Seminar
Speakers:
Primus Power, Mr. Rick Winter, CEO
MegaWatt Storage Farms, Dr. Ed Cazalet, Co-Founder and Vice President
EnerVault, Dr. Craig Horne, CEO
Velkess Inc. Mr. Bill Gray, CEO
Vantage Point Venture Partners, Mr. Mark Platshon, Partner
Moderator:
Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff, Senior Analyst
Location: Garden Court Hotel @ 520 Cowper St. in Palo Alto, CA. Room: Grove III.
-Driving directions: From 101 (North or South): Exit University Avenue, go west. Make a left onto Cowper Street. Hotel is on the right-hand side in first block. From 280 (North or South): Exit Sand Hill Road, head east. Turn right onto Arboretum Road. Make a left onto Palm, which turns into University Avenue. Turn right onto Cowper Street. Hotel is on the right side in first block.
-Public Transit: Take Caltrain to the Palo Alto stop, upon leaving the train station follow University Avenue 0.4 miles (6 blocks) to Cowper St, turn right. The Garden Court is half a block down on the right hand side.
-Parking: Complimentary Valet
Please contact Kimberly.Schoemaker@agrion.org for any further questions.
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