The long road to IRENA, documentation.; Published by EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), July 2009, Ponte Press Verlags-GmbH 2009, 137 pages, ISBN-13: 978-3-920328-55-3
Because of its huge success IRES will take place in Berlin again for the fifth time in November this year. In 2006 EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) started the IRES conference series, intended to contribute to the developments in energy storage and to popularize the resulting applications and solutions. The view in the professional energy storage world is that IRES has meanwhile developed into the central platform for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas on one of the key issues of future energy supply. IRES 2009 attracted attendance from 22 countries with 400 attendees.
We would be delighted to welcome you at IRES 2010! Hermann Scheer, Conference Chair Member of the German Parliament, President EUROSOLAR and Chairman World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)
Wolfgang Palz, Chairman World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)
Dirk Uwe Sauer, Scientific Conference Chair RWTH Aachen University
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Scientific Steering Committee: - Wolfgang Palz, World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), Paris/Brussels - Bernhard Riegel, EUROBAT, Brilon, Germany - Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Peter Schossig, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany - Ingo Stadler, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany - Wim van Helden, Renewable Heat, Schagen, The Netherlands
Conference programme
Programme overview(you can go directly to any part of the conference programme by clicking it with your left mouse button)
Lessons from nature for energy storage Helmut Tributsch, Pontebba, Italy The importance of energy storage in a RE power supply system Hermann Scheer, President EUROSOLAR and General Chairman World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), Bonn, Germany
Deducing the necessary storage capacities and market framework regulations based on the SRU scenarios for a 100 % RE electricity supply in Germany by 2050 Holger Höfling, The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), Berlin, Germany
Dimensioning transport and storage capacities Clemens Hoffmann, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany
Comparing PV and CSP at different solar grid penetration levels: influence on demand, storage requirements and levellised electricity costs (LEC) Paul Freunscht, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany
The impact of electricity storage on wholesale electricity prices: a case study of Ireland Batsaikhan Nyamdash, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Economic and ecological effects of flexibility in the German electricity supply systems Dierk Bauknecht Öko-Institut e.V., Institute for Applied Ecology, Freiburg, Germany
The great transformation: 1 – 40 – 100 % Renewable Energy supply for industrialized countries Harry Lehmann, Federal Environment Agency, Dessau, Germany
Prospects and limits for the integration of decentralized power systems into low voltage distribution grids with regard to smart grid technologies and energy storage Stephan Meyer, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Smart grid control using a redox flow battery – applications and experience Steffen Nicolai, Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation, Ilmenau, Germany
Storage as a component of a decentralized energy management system Florian Noll, IZES gGmbH – Institut für ZukunfsEnergieSysteme, Saarbrücken, Germany
Supporting offshore wind energy generation through biogas power plants Jörg Bendfeld, University of Paderborn, Germany
Hydrogen pipelines for wind energy storage – technical and economic assessment in case studies Florent Montignac, CEA/ Laboratoire d’Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux, Grenoble, France
Thermal storage to integrate a high share of energy from wind and PV into the electricity supply John Sievers, University of Kassel, Germany
Excess electricity used for heat generation: the case of Denmark Preben Maegaard, Vice President EUROSOLAR, Hurup Thy, Denmark
with - Hermann Scheer, President EUROSOLAR and General Chairman WCRE - Stephan Kohler, German Energy Agency (dena), Berlin, Germany - Harry Lehmann, Federal Environment Agency, Dessau, Germany - Clemens Hoffmann, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany
06.30 pm End of day one / Dinner Day two, Tuesday, November 23, 2010 (three parallel sessions: 08.30 - 10.10 am; 10.40 am - 12.20 pm; 01.20 - 03.40 pm, followed by plenary closing session - summaries on electrical and thermal storage systems)
Low cost modular kinetic energy storage systems for grid scale non-mobile applications Bill Gray, Velkess, San Francisco, USA
Electrochemical double-layer capacitors: electrical behaviour, applications and lifetime Julia Drillkens, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Application of a long-life VRLA battery to Renewable Energy systems Ichiro Shimoura, Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co.,Ltd, Nabari, Japan
Storage integrated PV systems with high-class NiMH battery technology Mike Zelinsky, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Rochester Hills, USA
Performance analysis of a 1 kW vanadium redox flow battery system Martin Dennenmoser, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Optimized storage operation in virtual power plants in the electricity market Patrick Hochloff, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, Kassel, Germany
Swarm power and at home power plant – the decentralized power plant becomes reality Gero Lücking, Lichtblick AG, Hamburg, Germany The business model for electrical energy storage within the regulatory framework of the power system Anthony Price, Swanbarton Limited, Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Implementing batteries in electrical grids: possible operating schemes for efficient business models Barnabas Kittlaus, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany
Evaluation framework for large-scale electricity storage in case of wind curtailment Rodica Loisel, European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands 08.30 -10.10 am: Parallel session E Thermal storage–sensible Chair: Wim van Helden, Renewable Heat, Schagen, The Netherlands
Results of and experience with an aquifer thermal energy storage used for heating and cooling Johan Van Bael, VITO – The Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium
The multi-functional heat storage in Hamburg-Bramfeld – innovative extension of the oldest German solar energy housing estate Thomas Schmidt, Solites – Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
Demand side energy efficiency: experience with the Chemnitz large-scale cold water storage Thorsten Urbaneck , Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
A modular concept for large-scale hot water storage systems Stephan Bachmann, Stuttgart University, Germany
A new ground heat exchanger for efficient solar underground thermal energy storage Peter Platell, Uponor, Sweden
10.10 - 10.40 am Coffee break and poster session
10.40 am - 12.20 pm: Parallel session F Electrical storage technologies II Chair: Marion Perrin, Electricity Storage Laboratory, Institut National de l'Energie Solaire (INES), Grenoble, France Integrated zinc based flow battery systems Bjorn Jonshagen, ZBB Energy Corporation, Bibra Lake, Australia
Applications of the NaS battery energy storage system Kenji Tanaka, NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, Japan
Competitiveness of the Samsung LIB-ESS (Lithium Ion Battery-Energy Storage System) and its wide applications for RE & utilities Andrew Kwon, Samsung SDI Co., Seoul, South Korea
The GRID Surfer project: integration of electric vehicles into existing energy systems Ralf Dittmann, NEXT ENERGY, EWE Research Center for Energy Technology, Oldenburg, Germany
Concepts for pumped hydro storage facilities in former opencast mining facilities Detlef Schulz, Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany 10.40 am - 12.20 pm: Parallel session G Energy storage systems for off-grid power supply Chair: Ingo Stadler, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Technical and financial assistance to implement RE technology in Afghanistan Rolf-Peter Owsianowski, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn, Germany
Comparison of different energy storage approaches in micro-grids with wind farm for energy balance Shuang Yu, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Energy storage installations in rural electrification projects Wolfgang Hofstätter, KAITO Energie AG, Munich, Germany
Batteries in remote systems: experience and results Georg Bopp, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Integrating a large photovoltaic power plant with storage systems into an island grid in West Africa Achim Schreider, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany 10.40 am - 12.20 pm: Parallel session H Thermal storage systems– PCM Chair: Peter Schossig, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Thermal and rheological property characteristics of PCM microcapsule slurries Chaingying Zhao, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) as a candidate PCM for high temperature thermal energy storage Engin Küçükaltun, SaSA Polyester San. A.S., Turkey
High temperature PCM based on inorganic salts and carbon nanomaterials Dong ZHANG, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Innovative and energy efficient space heating + cooling through intelligent storage management Jan Cremers, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany
PCM for heating and cooling – demonstration project Landgericht (regional court) Düsseldorf Stefan Bauer, Emco Bau- und Klimatechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Lingen, Germany
The ADELE project: development of an adiabatic CAES plant towards marketability Mathilde Bieber, GE Global Research, Garching, Germany
The storage of electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources – what is the role of hydrogen? Hubert Landinger, Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany
Hydrogen energy storage Erik Wolf, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Technology & Innovation, Erlangen, Germany
Analysis of a geothermal hydrogen storage project in Hawaii Marc Melaina, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
Hybridisation of lithium batteries in stationary applications in an intermittent operation mode Bernhard Riegel, HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co. KG, Brilon, Germany 01.20 - 03.40 pm: Parallel session J Field installations of electrical storage systems Chair: Bernhard Riegel, EUROBAT, Brilon, Germany Ultrabattery utility-scale Renewable Energy storage trials Peter Coppin, CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship, Canberra, Australia
Entering the MW class: development of large-scale lithium-ion energy storage systems Michael Lippert, Saft Industrial Battery Group, Bagnolet, France
The redox flow battery technology for electricity storage Huamin Zhang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
Report on large-scale installations with redox flow batteries Hugh Sharman, Prudent Energy, Aalborg, Denmark
Connecting large lithium-ion storage batteries to the grid: experience in design, installation and operation of MW size energy storage systems Tomas Larsson, ABB FACTS, Västerås, Sweden
Presentation by Younicos (More details will be available soon)
Stationary battery systems: activities and test procedure development in Japan Hironori Iwasaki, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
01.20 - 03.40 pm: Parallel session K Thermal storage systems – chemical and high temperature Chair: Chaingying Zhao, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Using MgCl2.6H2O for thermochemical seasonal solar heat storage Marco Bakker, ECN, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, Petten, The Netherlands
New developments in thermochemical energy storage Henner Kerskes, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany
New sorbent materials and their limits Stefan Henninger, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany A method of evaluating the economic feasibility of sorption heat storage Herbert Zondag, ECN, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, Petten, The Netherlands High temperature thermal storage systems for solar thermal power plants Ahmet Lokurlu, SOLITEM GmbH, Aachen, Germany
High temperature thermal storage systems for concentrating solar power applications Wolf-Dieter Steinmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
Thermal storage: which technology for which application, state-of-the-art, references, cost goals, challenges Peter Schossig, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany and Wim van Helden, Renewable Heat, Schagen, The Netherlands Electrical storage: which technology for which application, state-of-the-art, references, cost goals, challenges Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
PV and storage –challenges, opportunities, markets Frank H. Asbeck, CEO, Solarworld AG, Bonn, Germany The current German feed-in-tariff-law – legal, economic and technical interpretation of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, regulations in other countries Martin Altrock, Becker Büttner Held, Berlin, Germany Increasing BIPV self-consumption through electrical storage– possible share and dimensioning the system Johannes Kathan, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Grid-friendly local consumption of PV energy Martin Braun, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, Kassel, Germany
Redox flow batteries: how innovative business models contribute to increase the economic feasibility of stationary storage systems – potential, opportunities, risks Benedikt Römer, Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM), Munich, Germany
Technical realization with li-ion batteries, the Sol-ion systems: a stationary PV battery system Armin Schmiegel, voltwerk electronics GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Technical and economic aspects of storing electricity from PV to increase the share of self-consumption Volker Wachenfeld, SMA Solar Technology AG, Niestetal, Germany
Storage systems for grid-connected PV battery systems: lead-acid batteries – technical characteristics, costs, lifetime, the potential for cost reduction through mass production Bernhard Riegel, HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co KG, Brilon, Germany
Decentralized PV battery systems: a power company's view To be announced
Decentralized PV battery systems: a local power company's view To be announced 03.40 pm: Panel discussion with all speakers, Q&A Chaired by Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Martin Braun, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, Kassel, Germany
EUROSOLAR awards the European Solar Prize for outstanding projects and individual achievements in making an exemplary contribution to the use of renewable energy.
Hermann Scheer, member of the German parliament, is President of EUROSOLAR and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE). >www.hermannscheer.de
Events 2010 
November 22-24, 2010
Call for papers IRES 2010(only for poster presentations)
