Agenda

• What is driving deployment and plummeting costs?
• Review of investment tax credits and their effect on the market
• Renewables + storage deployment review
• The new era of flexibility

Just like the internet connected everyone from individuals to governments – the new intergrid will grow to connect all calls and buildings, from residential to utilities, with the help of energy storage. A futuristic panel, join us in discussing, speculating, and betting on the future of storage and the grid.

• Which industry will take over the grid with storage technology? Will it be stationary battery industry or the automobile industry?
• V2G – could stationary storage be replaced with mobile grid enabled batteries in cars?
• Hyper decentralization for urban cities – what structures can be retrofitted with storage to build new energy efficiency systems?
• Understanding efficient site control with storage systems
• Bridge to a carbon free future – hybrid transition to utilize existing infrastructure
• Legacy peaker plants – the first step in efficient hybrid systems

Typically, code standards are adopted in 3-year cycles – but recent catastrophes have called for a faster adoption of storage safety standards. Join us to discover the newly accepted IFC 2020 and NFPA 855 codes and ensure your batteries, projects, and investments are secure.

• Hear first-hand why Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, and others are waiting for New York City to announce their standards
• The new urban standard: why firefighters, city officials, lenders, and insurance companies are pushing for fast adoption  
• What’s new? Review of IFC 2020 and NFPA 855 with UL – the body responsible for writing, testing, and promoting the new future storage safety standards
• Using data to design fail-proof systems

• New wave of builds for 2020-2021: what regulations are opening markets for storage?
• Which states are encouraging storage as part of their policy?
• How do credit capacity rules affect storage?
• How does regulation change for different market segments? Residential vs. C&I vs. utility scale
• FERC 841
• ITC news

• Case study: Sunrun virtual power plant with solar + storage

• Utilizing behind the meter storage in wholesale markets
• Review of corporate virtual PPAs in the market today

• Kearny Mesa Project 30MW / 120MWh Energy Storage project in San Diego
• The benefits of the first energy storage project to have behind and in front of the meter capabilities
• How to participate in multiple energy markets with one energy storage project
• Retrofitting done right: adding batteries to existing solar projects
• Using artificial intelligence in energy trading

Are you choosing the right battery for your project?

• Tried and tested: what do utilities look for in batteries?
• Varying technologies for different environments/loads/generation – how to choose?
• Can lithium ion alternatives compete in a li-ion dominated market?
• When you should consider solid-state batteries
• Responsible sourcing: are the batteries you are buying doing more harm than good?
• Review of new technologies like hydrogen, flywheel, flow, gravity, vanadium, and solid-state tech – among others
• Supply and demand: you’ve chosen the best – but is delivery guaranteed?
• Hydrogen fuel cell technology – what markets make sense? Which problems are being solved?

The future is now – are you aware of what technology your competitors are using? Join the discussion to be up to date on the latest advancements in the industry.

• Your storage unit is installed – are you managing your data efficiently?
• Cybersecurity – could your systems be exposed?
• Storage management systems in review
• Blockchain, AI, IoT – and more