Batteries Europe’s Post

Yesterday our German team visited the BVES Bundesverband Energiespeicher Systeme e.V. Investor Summit in Berlin. The event discussed the future of Energy Storage Systems, bringing together the leading players in the industry.   The Key Takeaways? 💡 The interest and relevance in large-scale battery projects is growing. This was demonstrated in the number of attendees, that was 10 times greater than in 2022!   Lawmakers are under great pressure to create regulatory frameworks that allow for large-scale projects to be economically sustainable. BVES is making significant progress in advocating the industry’s needs.   We are on the right track with our Battery Storage Pipeline at Copenhagen Energy, as the industry is continuously evolving, and investor interest keeps growing!   We are thrilled about these developments and excited for what's ahead! 🎉

I am happy to share that my new paper, co-authored with Anna Goldstein, Bixuan Sun, Ph.D., Gabe Chan, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, and Laura Diaz Anadon, is finally published in Technovation. In this article, we develop a new process-based framework and methodology for understanding technology spillovers (i.e., knowledge spillovers between different technologies) as an input into the recombinant innovation process. We apply this framework to uncover a critical enabling role played by technology spillovers in several historically important innovations in solar photovoltaic technology and demonstrate the importance of public policy that supported these spillovers at all stages of innovation, from R&D to market deployment. Read the full paper in open access here: https://lnkd.in/ewSfwkmb

From the 30th of June to the 3rd of July, the 33rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) took place in Copenhagen, hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Six of us had the opportunity to present and discuss our research in the following presentations:   Leonie Sara Plaga: Enhancing electricity system robustness through the application of a new time series cluster algorithm David Huckebrink: Integrated flexible heating and cooling under climate uncertainty in a European energy systems model Jonas Finke: Linking modelling to generate alternatives and market equilibria - On the economic interpretation of near-cost-optimal solutions in energy system models  Silke Johanndeiter: Price formation and intersectoral distributional effects in a fully decarbonized European electricity market Katharina Esser: Multi-Objective Optimisation for the Inverse Analysis of Design Requirements for Low Technology Readiness Level technologies from an Energy System Perspective Valentin Bertsch: Electrical energy storage investment requirements and operating characteristics in a gradually defossilised European power system   All in all, it was a successful conference with lots of exciting topics and new and old acquaintances.

Presenting an overview of the current trends in HJT production, Head of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell & Module Department at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Kaining Ding, spoke about the urgency for manufacturers to shift to zero busbar (0BB) technology to further increase efficiency and reduce costs. Manufacturers are increasingly looking at resolving what Ding referred to as dark degradation, which can cost a few watts. This refers to cells losing their efficiency when placed in the dark. It is an issue because the cell is in a dark environment after it is finished and waits to be used in the module. At this point, the module will be made with lower-efficiency cells, he added. Watch his entire presentation on this link: https://lnkd.in/eZDjwqn8 He was speaking at the TaiyangNews Annual Flagship High-Efficiency Solar Technologies 2024 Virtual Conference. #SolarTechnologies #HighEfficiencySolarTechnologies #SolarPV #SolarEnergy #Solar

In a recent interview with PoliticsHome, NZTC CEO Myrtle Dawes reflects on her dynamic career in the energy industry and the exciting opportunities that come with engineering. 🌎 Myrtle also provides a deep dive into NZTC's role in driving technology innovation, from initial ideas to prototypes, deployment, and adoption, with an aim to accelerate the global energy transition. 💡 Read: https://bit.ly/3XF5sLE

In one of our first EES Solar publications, David Chojniak and colleagues at Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE studied quantifying the rear side contribution in bifacial tandem-photovoltaic devices. Read it for free: https://lnkd.in/e664XHdz

Expectations exceeded from @EES 2024 Conference and Exhibition in Munich! The advancements in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), both in software and hardware, are truly remarkable. As the energy transition accelerates, the need for efficient storage deployment is more critical than ever. Active management and intelligent algorithms for market participation will be the competitive edge in this evolving landscape. #EES2024 #EnergyTransition #BESS #RenewableEnergy #Innovation #SustainableFuture

🌟 Excited to announce another speaker of the International Flow Battery Forum (#IFBF) conference: Massimo Guarnieri from the Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD) / University of Padua! 🌟 Professor Guarnieri, an expert in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, will present a "𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨-𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲". His talk will cover a comprehensive techno-economic model forecasting the profitability of vanadium flow batteries (VFBs). Key insights include: 🔹 Detailed analysis of capital and operative costs. 🔹 Impact of side phenomena on capacity losses. 🔹 Real market data for relevant economic parameters using CAPM. 🔹 Electricity price strategies based on Italian energy market data. 🔹 Technical parameters from large-area multi-cell stacks for industrial relevance. 🔹 Computed metrics: Capital cost, Operative cost, LCOS, and NPV. 📌Professor at Padua University, Professor Guarnieri created the Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Laboratory (EESCoLab). He promoted MoUs with the UTK (USA) and TUAT (J) and agreements with MIT (USA), Fraunhofer-ICT (Germany). He chaired the Technological Committee of Flow Batteries Europe. Ranked in the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. Don't miss this session 👉https://lnkd.in/eyzWfjEU

New Energy New York is building upstate New York's burgeoning energy storage industry with Cornell University as its technology translation partner 💡 Led by Cornell Tech's Fernando Gómez-Baquero Ph.D., NENY's translational efforts play a crucial role in moving battery innovations from the lab to the market. To learn more about the initiative, check out this interview with Fernando: https://bit.ly/4h7NV6X

🌍 At CES last week, Material Impact’s Paul Deninger took the stage alongside Barbara Humpton, CEO of Siemens, Takajiro Ishikawa, President & CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), and John Penney, Chief Growth Officer of NextGen Foundry for the CES Great Minds session: Challenges & Solutions in the Energy Transition. The panel explored the cutting-edge engineering and financial strategies driving the clean energy revolution. From advancing renewable energy adoption to developing global models centered on non-CO2-emitting sources, the conversation highlighted both the challenges and opportunities in building a sustainable future. Paul shared our perspective on transforming deep tech innovation into scalable solutions. The message was clear: collaboration, creativity, and urgency are essential to creating a cleaner, more equitable energy future. You can watch their full session here: https://lnkd.in/e5cJbHEg