SHFCA Members Meeting on Energy Storage – Economics and Technology Opportunities

With good progress being made towards the 2020 targets for renewables in Scotland, there is increasing debate on the challenge of successfully integrating high percentages variable energy inputs such as wind power into the grid. Supply side, demand side, and supergrids are all approaches that are being developed to enable reliable power delivery with high renewables. Energy storage will also play a key role, but are the technologies sufficiently developed at the scale needed?

The morning session will explain the current state of play with energy storage, starting with the utility perspective on the need and commercial benefits from energy storage. Technologies and markets will be covered, with specific approaches which could play a significant part in our future decarbonised energy systems, followed by an overview on how it may be possible to make money from energy storage, or at least not lose your shirt in the process.

Afternoon sessions will bring technical developments and perspectives from two leading US academics in this area, together with updates from two UK companies who are commercialising energy storage technologies. Further insights into materials for hydrogen storage, reversible fuel cells, flow battery developments, and the opportunities for energy storage with renewables including vehicle to grid will provide delegates with considerable insights.


Registration, Coffee & networking 10:30-11:30

Morning session 11:30-13:00 : Energy Storage Markets and Economic Development Opportunities
- Welcome & introduction by Professor Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Strathclyde University
- Scottish Power (Alan Mortimer) : The Utility perspective on Energy Storage for Renewables
- Scottish Development International (Paul O’Brien) : Economic drivers for energy storage in Scotland
- Pike Research (Dr Kerry-Ann Adamson) : Market and technology drivers for energy storage
- Strathclyde University (Grant Wilson) : Economics of Energy Storage – Arbitrage opportunities
- Q&A panel session

Lunch & networking 13:00-13:45

Afternoon session 13:45-15:00 : Innovation in Energy Storage
- Professor Craig Carter, MIT (Visiting Speaker)
- Scottish & Southern Energy (Stewart Reid) : Innovative commercial approaches for energy storage projects
- ACAL Energy (Amanda Lyne) : FlowCath technology for fuel cell stack durability improvement
- Axeon (Colin Arnold) : Development and deployment of Li-ion batteries into specialist applications
- Glasgow University (Professor Duncan Gregory) : Energy storage material technology developments
- Q&A panel session

Coffee & networking 15:00-15:20

Afternoon session 15:20 – 16:30 : Flow Cells, Fuel Cells & Deployment
- Dr Gary Yang, Pacific Northwest Labs (Visiting Speaker)
- St Andrews University (Professor John Irvine) : Reversible high temperature fuel cells for energy storage
- Strathclyde University (Dr Len Berlouis) : 'Characteristics and performance of the Zn-Ce hybrid redox flow battery
- Strathclyde University (Dr Andy Cruden) : Energy storage challenges with renewables & vehicle-to-grid
- Q&A panel session

Venue for the meeting is Royal College Building, University of Strathclyde. This is 200 yards from Queen Street station.

This event is being supported by Scottish Development International.

To register for this event please send email to nigel.holmes@shfca.org.uk