PGE/REWE 2015

Bulk Energy Storage in Future Electricity Systems in Europe (Room D203, Elicium, Second Floor)

11 Jun 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Theme: Renewable Energy Strategy, Business & Integration, Theme: The Big Carbon Question

Speaker(s): Thomas Maidonis, Project Manager, WIP Renewable Energies; John Anagnostopoulos, Board Member of RAE, Associate Professor NTUA, Greek Requlatory Auhtority for Energy / National Technical University of Athens; Michael Papapetrou, Senior Project Manager, WIP Renewable Energies

The ambitious target of European Union to restrict greenhouse gas emissions by about 90% up to 2050 necessitates a complete transformation of the current energy system. A great challenge is the production of almost 100% of electricity from Renewables, which mainly consist of intermittent sources (wind and solar). Electric energy storage constitutes an effective way to support such high RES integration, by minimizing rejections of produced energy and by enhancing system balance and stability. The presentation will be based on the outcomes of the European project StoRE (www.store-project.eu), which investigated the possible needs, role, and contribution of bulk energy storage in the future electricity systems of six European countries (Germany, Austria, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and Denmark), considering the corresponding energy plans and scenarios for systems development up to 2050. The project that was completed in May 2014, focused on the non-technological aspects of energy storage deployment. The existing European and national regulatory and market frameworks for electricity storage were analyzed in order to extract, after extended consultation with stakeholders and key actors, specific recommendations and action lists for facilitating the development of bulk energy storage infrastructure in each of these countries. The above procedures and results will be summarized and discussed in the presentation.