Preparing for Energy Storage: Trends & Practical Applications (virtual)
Course Overview
Energy storage, dominated by lithium-ion batteries, is taking on a bigger role in utilities, markets, and behind the meter. Take an in-depth look at the gamut of energy storage technologies and how the costs, practical applications, and limitations of each should factor into your long-term decisions and investments. Examine trends related to this increasingly competitive market, prospects for future growth, and regulations that could support or hinder public power in effectively deploying storage. Finally, the program will review best practices and platforms for implementing battery storage in utility portfolio planning, in supporting intermittent renewable resources, and in providing other grid services. Click here to view the course agenda.
Course Topics
Overview of the energy storage market: trends and challenges
Storage processes, technologies, and applications across the energy industry
Battery storage technologies: cost and performance
Lithium ion supply chain dynamics
Market dynamics and competitive positioning
Benefits of energy storage and the concept of value stacking multiple revenue streams
Valuing storage as a resource in utility portfolio planning
Regulatory frameworks and use cases
Battery storage and the evolving grid
End-of-life disposition
Future outlook for storage
Registration Info
Provider: American Public Power Authority (APPA)
Date: Tuesday, August 11 - Thursday, August 13, 2020