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3rd International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2008)
November 24-25, 2008, Representation of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Berlin/Germany
In October 2006, EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy started the first of a new international conference series themed “International Renewable Energy Storage Conference“ (IRES). It is intended to contribute to the developments in energy storage and to publicize their application. With a huge success the third conference took place in Berlin, November 24-25, 2008.
Through the storage of solar thermal energy, solar-generated electricity and wind power groundbreaking opportunities will emerge for the dynamic exploitation of Renewable Energies in manifold energy-autonomous forms, in residential construction and by and for enterprises, residential developments, cities, regions and countries. Herein also lies the chance of achieving numerous technological innovations along with new prospects for the industries.
Michael Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, Germany
11.00 am – 01.00 pm Introductory Lectures/Overviews
Overview on Electrical Storage System Technology and newest Trends Rick Winter, Electricity Storage Association, Board Secretary, USA
Threats and opportunities of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles and other competing technologies for the Storage System Business Dirk Uwe Sauer,RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Overview on solar thermal storage technologies and newest trends Peter Schossig, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Hermann Scheer, President EUROSOLAR and General Chairman WCRE, Berlin, Germany
Market conditions for a shift from grid connection towards stand-alone electricity generation from Renewable Energies Ingo Stadler, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany
Device integrated small scale storage: Charged during periods of an energy surplus in the grid, discharged during periods of user demand Ulf Bossel, European Fuel Cell Forum, Luzern, Switzerland
Water splitting and novel photovoltaics with semiconducting silicides in sunlight Martin Demuth, Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Solar thermal hydrogen generation through a sulphuric acid based cycle process Dennis Thomey, German Areospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
30 years compressed air power plant Huntorf – experiences and outlook into the future Dr. Peter Radgen, E.ON Energie, Munich, Germany
02.00 pm – 04.05 pm Parallel session C: Combining thermal energy storage and power generation
The configuration of solar thermal power plants with thermal storage systems Nils Gathmann, Solar Millennium AG / Flagsol GmbH, Cologne, Germany Concrete storage for solar thermal power plants and industrial process heat Doerte Laing, German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany
Heat management of decentralized adiabatic compressed air power plants Daniel Wolf, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany
Cogeneration of wind power and heat pump applications for cooling demand Achim Schreider, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany
Wind-heating: Reducing carbon emissions and improving energy security Larry Hughes, Energy Research Group, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
04:05 pm – 04:30 pm Coffee break
04:30 – 07:00 pm Session D: Where, why and how much storage do we need in the grid? - Brief presentations and panel discussion
The VDE (German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) study about storage technologies Martin Kleimaier, Essen, Germany Irm Pontenagel, Managing Director, EUROSOLAR, Bonn, GermanyWolfgang Palz, WCRE Chairman, Brussels, BelgiumNorbert Hüttenhölscher, Managing Director, EnergieAgentur.NRW, Düsseldorf, GermanyMichael Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment,
The role of energy storage systems in 100%-Renewable-Energy-Regions Stefan Schäfer, Universität Kassel/deENet GmbH, Kassel, Germany
Economical and technical evaluation of energy storage systems Julia Oberschmidt, Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany
From pilot projects to mainstream installations: key policies needed to foster the development of storage facilities José Etchéverry, World Council For Renewable Energy, Toronto, Canada
Evaluation of the Portuguese energy storage needs due to the increasing integration of renewable sources Sérgio Faias, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, DEEA/ISEL, Lisboa, Portugal
05:45 pm – 06:45 pm Panel discussion with all speakers of this session
07.00 pm Dinner
2nd day, 25th November 2008
08:30 am – 11:00 am Parallel session E: Storage solutions for stationary applications
The value of adding electricity storage to wind autoproducers Raymond Byrne, Centre for Renewable Energy, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
Large scale unterground storage of hydrogen Hubert Landinger, Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany
Vanadium redox flow battery – an in depth analysis for small scale utility applications Martha Schreiber, Cellstrom GmbH, Eisenstadt, Austria
Progress of the 34MW NAS battery system for a 51MW wind farm Tomio Tamakoshi, NGK INSULATORS, Nagoya, Japan
Recent experience in manufacturing, operating and commercializing the VRB flow battery Hugh Sherman, VRB Power Systems, Hals, Denmark
E-Energy Project Model city Mannheim N.N
08:30 am – 11:00 am Parallel session F: Supercaps for stationary and mobile energy storage
Supercapacitors for high performance energy storage Dajlik Sojref, WTTC, Berlin, Germany/Gérard Coquery, INRETS, Arcueil, France/Paul Borza,Siemens/Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
Supercapacitors in hybrid systems for mobile applications Gérard Coquery, INRETS, Arcueil, France
Supercapacitor based architecture for the integration of renewable energy sources Paul Borza, SIEMENS/Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania/ Marat Kapelyushnik, ASTELION, Hod-Hasharon, Israel
Concept and design of a quick charge commuter Christian Pylatiuk, Institute for Applied Computer Science (IAI), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany
Germany icefuel® - A flexible system for energy storage and transport Georg Markowz, EVONIK, Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany
Solar recharging stations – Selling hours of solar lighting in the evenings Andy Schroeter, Sunlabob Renewable Energy Ltd., Vientiane, Lao PDR
11:00am – 12:30 pm Break / Poster session
12:30 pm– 01:30 pm Lunch break
01:30 pm– 04:00 pm Parallel session G: Thermal energy storage
Compact thermal energy storage: Material development and system integration Marco Bakker, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, Petten, The Netherlands
Thermal energy storage through sorption storage systems – possibilities and limits Georg Storch, Bavarian Centre for Applied. Energy Research (ZAE Bavaria), Garching, Germany
Energy security in multi-storey residential structures: Determining the technical potential for solar heating Tylor Wood, Energy Research Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
01:30 pm– 04:00 pm Parallel session H: Lithium-ion battery technology for stationary and mobile applications
Overview on the state of the art of lithium-ion-battery technology Martin Winter, Münster University, Germany (requested)
From dispatchability to stability: Energy storage in decentralized electricity grids –Functional requirements and solutions of selected examples Holger Schuh, Saft Batteries, Nuremberg, Germany
Lithium-Ion-batteries for mobile applications – technology& application Andreas Gutsch, Li-Tec Battery GmbH
Plug-in hybrid- and electric vehicles with lithium-ion-battery – double use for mobility and grid regulation N.N.
Presentation of the initiative LIB2015 of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Lutz-Günter John, VDI/VDE-Innovation und Technik GmbH, Berlin 04:00 – 04:30 pm Break
04:30 – 05:30 pm Final session
Résumé of the conference results and technological perspectives Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Poster awards
Closing words Hermann Scheer, President EUROSOLAR and General Chairman WCRE, Berlin, Germany
05.30 pm End of the conference
Conference venue, travel and accomodation information
Representation of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Hiroshimastraße 12 - 16 10785 Berlin Germany
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EUROSOLAR e.V. The European Association for Renewable Energy Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 11 D-53113 Bonn/Germany Ph. +49-228-362373 and -362375 Fax +49-228-361279 and -361213
November 24-25, 2008, 
