During the event the mission and strategy of the newly created Energy Storage Coalition will be presented. The Coalition’s Partners will explain how energy storage can provide the flexibility renewables require to ensure Europe meets its decarbonisation targets, strengthens energy resilience, and achieves lower energy prices.

Representatives of European Institutions and representatives of the energy storage and renewables sectors will discuss how the new Electricity Market Design can address the barriers to deploying energy storage technologies in Europe.

A cocktail reception will follow.

AGENDA

16.00 Registration

16:30 - 16:45 Welcome and Introduction

• Doriana Forleo, Head of Communications, Energy Storage Coalition

Representatives from the Coalitions’ Partners:

• Giles Dickson - Chief Executive Officer - WindEurope
• Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, EASE - The European Association for Storage of Energy
• Philipp Offenberg, Senior Manager Europe, Breakthrough Energy
• Walburga Hemetsberger, Chief Executive Officer, SolarPower Europe
   

16:45 – 17:00 Opening Remarks

• Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

17:00 – 17:45 Panel Discussion Followed by Q&A: Electricity Market Design for More Storage Deployment

• Moderator: Eglė Karečkaitė, Policy Manager, Energy Storage Coalition
• Maria de Graca Carvalho, EPP, European Parliament (invited)
• Nicolás González Casares, S&D, Member of the European Parliament (invited)
• Rasa Engstedt, Working Party on Energy, Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (invited)
  EDP Representative (invited)
• Alan Greenshields, Director EMEA, ESS
• TESLA Representative (invited)
   

17:45 – 18:00 Closing Remarks

• Catharina Sikow-Magny, Director Green Transition and Energy System Integration, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission

18:00 – 21:00 Cocktail Reception