The storage revolution

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Tuesday, 23 May 2017
12:23 - 12:23
Duration: 18 mins
Publication date: 15 Jun 2017
Location: Network Theatre, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event Utility Week 2017

About the session

As technology advances and the cost of storage starts to become more competitive this session will explore the implications of the storage revolution, at varying scales, for networks. What are the findings from the Enhanced Frequency Response trial, and will this lead to the first major commercial deployments of grid scale battery storage? How are policy and regulation working to remove barriers to deployment and what are the challenges faced by DNOs in terms of operation and connection of storage?

How is domestic level storage advancing?

The economics and potential impact of battery storage in the GB market
Dr Ben Irons, director and head of commissioned projects, Aurora Energy Research

Beyond battery storage
Peter Bance, Energy Research Partnership and chief executive, Origami Energy

Exploring the barriers and opportunities presented by storage
Simon Daniel, chief executive, Moxia
Dan Taylor, managing director, Camborne Energy
Martin Cook, head of business development, EBD

Further panelists to be confirmed

Keywords:: Brexit

digital

electricity

power

smart infrastructure

smart meter

utilities

water sector

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Speakers

Ben Irons

director and head of commissioned projects, Aurora Energy Re

Ben is an Executive Director of Aurora and Head of Commissioned Projects. Prior to joining Aurora, Ben spent 6 years at McKinsey and Company in London, where he specialised in energy and sustainability. He advised a wide range of clients from multinational corporations to governments and NGOs across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Ben then spent 3 years at Centrica Energy as Director of Strategy, playing an active part in investment planning and management of assets in power generation, oil and gas production, and LNG.Ben holds a first class honours degree in Engineering from Massey University in New Zealand, and an MPhil and DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford.
Ellen Bennett

editor, Utility Week and content director, Utility Week Live
Dan Taylor

managing director, Camborne Energy Storage Ltd

Dan joined Camborne Energy Storage as Managing Director in 2015 leading on all of Camborne’s activities in this exciting new and dynamic market. Dan has spent his career in the energy sector and has worked for a number of distribution network operators most recently working on the integration of smart grid technologies (including battery storage) to accelerate the move to a lower carbon economy. He also has a breadth of knowledge of the balancing markets and demand-side response solutions.Dan is also interested in not-for-profit development, including rural electrification and off grid schemes that support the reduction of poverty through increased access to clean power sources.
Martin Cook

head of business development, EBD

Martin joined National Grid in 2000 from Price Waterhouse Coopers, where he had spent 10 years as a management consultant working in the Energy Sector.In National Grid Martin started his career helping develop and run both the regulated and non-regulated metering business until he moved to New York when National Grid acquired Keyspan in 2007.Martin moved over to the US to become CEO of National Grid Energy Services, an unregulated energy services business with around 200,000 residential customers across New York and New England. This business was subsequently divested in 2010.Martin also had responsibility for the US Energy Efficiency programs and the Massachusetts Solar Program. Martin returned to the UK in 2012.Prior to joining EBD in December 2015 Martin spent 3 years (latterly as Head of Commercial), in the Non-Regulated Business Unit which has responsibility for Interconnectors, Metering and LNG business in Europe.
Peter Bance

Energy research partnership and chief executive, Origami Ene

With a background in physical sciences and a passion for business, Peter has spent his career focused on building high growth ventures and technology commercialisation, primarily in the cleantech sector. He was CEO of a combined heat and power business that he took public on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) and then became Entrepreneur in Residence at Octopus Investments working with their venture capital team and renewable energy business. He then founded Origami Energy as CEO, with the vision of creating the real-time marketplace for the distributed energy world. Over the years, Peter has also been non-executive director of a number of innovative energy technology businesses and has also sat on public-private organisations including the Energy Research Partnership, Origami Energy, the Energy Technologies Institute and the Energy Systems Catapult.
Simon Daniel

Moxia, Chief executive

Simon Daniel is a serial innovator, and founder of Moixa – a UK pioneer in new energy R&D, Distributed Energy Storage, and DC Microgrids. Moixa is the UK leader in home energy storage and VPP/Aggregate storage models, with over £5m of UK delivery across Utilities, DECC, Networks. Simon also joined the former PM at the Northern Future Forum to discuss new Energy Pension finance model for behind meter assets. Simon holds multiple patents on advanced mobile interfaces, consumer and smart battery technologies. He was previously at Accenture as a senior manager/tech evangelist and holds an MA in Physics from Cambridge, attended the inaugural Singularity University Summer in 2009. www.moixa.com
Martin Cook

head of business development, EBD

Martin joined National Grid in 2000 from Price Waterhouse Coopers, where he had spent 10 years as a management consultant working in the Energy Sector.In National Grid Martin started his career helping develop and run both the regulated and non-regulated metering business until he moved to New York when National Grid acquired Keyspan in 2007.Martin moved over to the US to become CEO of National Grid Energy Services, an unregulated energy services business with around 200,000 residential customers across New York and New England. This business was subsequently divested in 2010.Martin also had responsibility for the US Energy Efficiency programs and the Massachusetts Solar Program. Martin returned to the UK in 2012.Prior to joining EBD in December 2015 Martin spent 3 years (latterly as Head of Commercial), in the Non-Regulated Business Unit which has responsibility for Interconnectors, Metering and LNG business in Europe.

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