Energy Storage Summit Europe 2023

[Copenhagen, October 17, 2023] The Energy Storage Summit Europe 2023 was held at the Axelborg Convention Centre, in the heart of Copenhagen.
The Summit aimed at fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing around innovative energy storage technologies and forward-thinking applications, with the ultimate goal of promoting green and sustainable development in the industry for a brighter future.
Over 300 PV industry leaders, technical experts and associations have joined us from across Europe to exchange on their understanding of market & technology trends and challenges, latest technologies and solutions, project experiences and insights with regards to utility Energy storage for grid forming, frequency control, peak shaving, PV and wind colocation, energy trading etc.

Jacky Chen, President of Huawei Digital Power Europe, welcomed the audience and walked it through the huge opportunities offered by the Energy Storage industry. Those opportunities are heavily driven by the commitments made by the European countries to reach the carbon neutrality objective by 2030. He also pointed out the requirement to significantly increase the current energy capabilities in order to achieve such an objective as well the opportunity to join forces with industry experts, ecosystem partners and customers to promote energy transformation, contribute to the world sustainable development, and create a better, greener future.
He, then, detailed the value Huawei brings as strategic partner today and in the future: Huawei provides the world leading reliable technology, supported by 30+ years of unwavering investment in R&D; it uniquely innovates by integrating digital technology with power electronics technology in order to develop clean energy, energy digitalization, and promotes the energy transition; Huawei is committed to support the growth of this industry and his partners and customers ecosystem today and in the future.

Mr. Jacky Chen, President of Huawei Digital Power Technologies European Region

"At Huawei, we are dedicated to collaborating with our partners and the renewable energy industry to create a resilient and efficient digital power ecosystem. This ecosystem empowers individuals, businesses, and communities to embrace renewable energy and make a positive impact on the environment. Together, we can build a greener and more sustainable world for future generations."

Michael Villa, Executive Director of smartEN shared his insights on the supporting role played by energy storage facilities as needs for EU energy system flexibility increase significantly.
He explained that the need for energy System flexibility will continue to increase and will be supported by a broad spectrum of energy storage facilities. He added that most existing barriers have not yet been addressed at national and local level despite being already been identified and addressed at EU level.
According to him there is “No time to waste if we want to accelerate climate neutrality while ensuring a reliable, secure and efficient energy system”.

Michael Villa, Executive Director of smartEN

“The broad spectrum of energy storage facilities (from #bidirectional EV charging to home #batteries and large storage assets in industry) can support this increasing systemic need. Investments should be justified by the contribution to solve a systemic need.”

Albero Cerreti, Convenor of CENELEC TC8X WG03 and Senior Manager at Enel took the stage to talked about the challenges faced by the power grid live network, and the requirements for better grid connections.

Albero Cerreti, Convenor of CENELEC TC8X WG03 and Senior Manager at Enel

“European Standardization is needed as the proposed legal text is not able to provide the needed degree of technical details, grid-forming definition at European level would allow Manufacturers in products development and testing and RSOs in performing needed simulations.”

Ireneusz Konarski, Head of Sales Strategy & Business Development, at Elemental talked on the topic battery recycling plant and the new regulations that covers all cycle life of batteries from production through reuse to recycling, including SBESS (stationary battery energy storage systems).

Mr. Ireneusz Konarski, Head of Sales Strategy & Business Development, Elemental

“Nowadays new technologies play a significant role in our live. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are key part in the green energy revolution, as they support the transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon energy system.
Without recycling there will be no energy transition and circular economy. Recycling is one of the key elements in this transition. Only properly managing e-waste including also batteries, we can contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future.”

Rickard Lantz, Director of business development of Soltech, shared his experience with Huawei Solution from the perspective of EPC for frequency control market.

Rickard Lantz, Director of business development of Soltech

“A virtual power plant with batteries complements the reduced inertia and creates stable electricity, which is an important parameter for stable grids.”

Olle Mattsson, Business Development Responsible at CheckWatt, shared his experience on the development of energy service from Batteries (revenue generating services & enabling services) and Resource efficiency through smart measurement, control and visualization.

Olle Mattsson, Business Development Responsible of CheckWatt

"The future for batteries is bright. As an aggregator, we are at the center of this new future, providing flexibility to those who need it the most, whether it's for ancillary services, local flex markets, or imbalance correction. I don't know , but I am confident that batteries will play a vital role in enabling the energy transition."

Florian Schoenberger, CEO Vispiron EPC GmbH gave a presentation on the way SEtrade has cracked the code for the new fuel: Data, trading algorithms and capacities.
He emphasized that “SEtrade platform integrates business models to ensure economic operation and the achievement of climate targets. Battery storage plays an import role in SEtrade Platform”.

Florian Schoenberger, CEO of Vispiron EPC

“SEtrade platform integrates business models to ensure economic operation and the achievement of climate targets. Battery storage plays an import role in SEtrade Platform”.

David Minnis, Director of PV & BESS Service Solution at Huawei Digital Power, talked about powering the Future through Huawei's large-scale BESS for Grid Flexibility & Resilience.

David Minnis, Director of PV & BESS Service Solution, Huawei Digital Power

"The battery energy storage sector in Europe is really picking up pace, this was evident as we had a packed house for our energy storage summit in Copenhagen. Customers from investment, development, deployment and operations attended to hear the experts and partner testimonials. Overall feedback was great and I am looking forward to how this industry will grow exponentially."

Ignacio Diaz, Business Director of EV Charging at Huawei Digital Power, walked the audience through the newly launched PV+ESS+Liquid Cooled Ultra-Fast Charging Architecture and shared his thoughts on the way this solution will reshape the EV charging infrastructure market. Through a cooperative and open ecosystem, we pursue to accelerate the EV charging industry and customize ChargePoint-Operator offerings, while increasing the availability and reliability of the charging infrastructure to set a new bar to End-customer charging experience.

Ignacio Diaz, Business Director of EV Charging at Huawei Digital Power

Elvis Chan, Business Development Manager at Huawei Digital Power Singapore, shared a case reference, Sembcorp JI Battery Energy Storage System, that was deployed in Singapore within a period of 6 months. Taking the audience through the various turning point of the project and how through partnership with value adding vendors can ensure the success of the project.

Elvis Chan, Business Development Manager at Huawei Digital Power Singapore

During the panel discussion with industry experts Aida Garcia (member of policy team, Eurelectric), Jan Hoehne (TUV German Team), Burkhard Holder (Managing Director of VDE Renewables), Stuart Bradshaw (CEO of Push Energy), Genna Boyle (Director of UK and Europe at Gridcog), key topics were discussed such as Trends, application scenarios, and business models for energy storage(Energy Storage: Enabling higher integration and utilization of variable renewables), Discussion on energy storage safety standards part I (TUV), Discussion on energy storage safety standards part II (VDE),O&M-related topics, LCOS topics.

Looking ahead, Huawei will collaborate with European customers and partners to continue innovating and developing more competitive Smart PV+ESS products and solutions, with the goal of accelerating green PV to become the main energy source for every home and business and building a greener, better future.