Energy Storage Use Cases

February 27-28, 2025 | Online :: Central Time

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Energy storage is now considered a mainstream technology on the power grid.   In North America, particularly, energy storage systems (ESS) address multiple conditions across the power grid and use cases are abounding – both for utility-scale and behind-the-meter applications.  ESS’s versatility allows it to be deployed in multiple contexts:

• As a peaking resource
• To firm renewable energy power resources
• To support grid stability
• To complement transmission infrastructure

This course will give a thorough overview of ESS use cases – including definitions, technologies, applications and business models – with a special emphasis on batteries (BESS).  Content will also include the pricing and regulatory issues that impact how storage is deployed.  In addition, the program will look at how battery storage is providing services into wholesale power markets, how it is being used as a tool for utility system management, and its increasing adoption by end use customers.  Finally, the program will address how battery developers and asset owners can successfully utilize optimize specific battery and energy storage use case strategies as part of their energy portfolio and resource mix.

Learning Outcomes

• Review the keys to profitable battery projects
• Discuss how energy and ancillary prices are evolving in response to higher levels of renewable penetration
• Identify where to site potential storage projects to maximize potential market revenue
• Evaluate storage projects over historical and forecasted market prices optimally stacking value streams
• Review optimal sizing and operation of battery storage systems paired with renewables to capture market revenue and provide capacity
• Examine batteries as a physical hedge for renewable portfolios
• Discuss the efficient allocation of capital to improve reliability and achieve environmental objectives
• Identify sizing and detailed valuation of potential battery projects and battery and storage projects

Thursday, February 27, 2025 : Central Time

 

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. :: Overview & Introductions

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. :: Overview of Energy Storage to Date, Applications, and Its Growing Role on the Grid Today

• Scope and energy storage definition
• History of grid management and storage
• Growing renewable energy generation incorporation of storage
• Forecast for energy storage in the US by key regions and total market size
• Caveats and due diligence

Jingwen Wang, Senior Project Manager – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. :: Morning Break

11:00 am – 12:30 p.m. :: Performance Characteristics of Energy Storage Technologies

• Storage Operating Metrics
  • Usable capacity
  • C rate
  • Cycling
  • Depth of discharge
  • Duration / power
• Requirements of energy storage technologies
  • Overview
  • KPCs

Benjamin Lowe, Partner – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

Energy Storage Technologies Survey

• Short and medium duration
• Lithium-ion batteries (multiple chemistries)
• Sodium-ion batteries (emerging technology)
• Long duration
  • Pumped storage
  • Compressed air and CO₂ energy
  • Batteries (non-Li-ion)
  • Gravity-based
  • Thermal
• Technology profiles
  • Description
  • Understanding their potentials, limitations, and promising applications
  • Integration to form battery energy storage systems
  • OEMs
  • Technical fundamentals – how each energy storage technology works

Maximilian Greil, Consultant – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. :: Lunch Break

1:15 – 3:00 p.m. :: Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs): The Primary Technology on the Grid Today

• LiB battery overview and functional description
• History of LiBs
• Variations of LiBs
  • NMC
  • LFP
  • LTO
  • Solid State
  • Sulphur
• Pros and cons of LiB chemistries and applicability to end use segments
• Forecasted technological developments for LiBs by OEM
  • Forecast battery demand by end use customer (auto, consumer, ESS)
  • EV forecast
  • Battery price forecast and connection to raw materials
  • Global LiB production footprint
  • Policy support for domestic LiB production
  • US supply / demand for ESS
  • Tariffs and customs

Iskender Demir, Senior Consultant, Advanced Technology Center – Global Battery Team, Roland Berger

3:00 – 3:15 pm. :: Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. :: Energy Storage Policy

• U.S. electricity regulation overview
• Energy storage policy landscape
• General discussion of state-level U.S. energy storage policy—current status
• Mandates, procurements, targets, etc….
  • Targets by short/ long duration
  • Alignment with renewable portfolio standards, etc…
• Federal
  • Overview of US power markets
  • FERC 841 / 2222 overview
• Typical energy storage participation models
• Other relevant policy impacting energy storage – interconnection, land use, etc…

Rishi Iyengar, Senior Consultant – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

4:45 p.m. :: Course Adjourns for Day

 

Friday, February 28, 2025 : Central Time

 

9:00 –10:45 a.m. :: Energy Storage Deployment Scenarios

• Energy storage use cases
  • Overview
  • Definitions
• Applications
  • Grid reliability – frequency/voltage regulation
  • Black start capability
  • Transmission/distribution deferral
  • Peak management
  • Renewables firming and ramping management/regulation
  • Hybrid fossil generation (batteries combined with aeroderivative engines)
  • Self-storage
  • Distributed energy resource (DER)
  • Demand charge management
  • Time of use bill management, energy arbitrage
  • Managed EV charging

Jason Smullen, Project manager – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. :: Morning Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. :: Scoping Storage Project Development

• Financial structure
  • Capital
  • Operating and financing costs and how these vary based on technology maturity
• Storage system components and relevant
  • Storage module
  • Balance of system
  • Power conversion system (as necessary / applicable)
  • EPC / integration
  • O&M – Fixed and variable
  • Augmentation
  • Other items included but costs vary
  • Land
  • Interconnection
  • Other
  • Lifetime levelized cost analyses

Jason Smullen, Project manager – Regulated & Infrastructure, Roland Berger

12:15 p.m. :: Course Adjourns

Iskender Demir is Senior Consultant in the Advanced Technology Center on the Global Battery Team at Roland Berger.  He works on projects along the entire lithium-ion battery value chain.  His professional journey encompasses substantial engagements with publicly traded companies and investors, offering strategy insights and providing transaction support, e.g., in the space of emerging battery technologies.  Mr. Demir has been working continuously in the field of battery technology and electrification in research, industry and consulting since 2016 and combines technical hands-on experience with the strategical and market view.  He is an alumnus of the Collège des Ingénieurs (Munich, Paris, Turino).  Mr. Demir also holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University (Germany).

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Maximilian Greil is a Consultant on the Regulated & Infrastructure team at Roland Berger.  He works across the energy value chain, particularly specializing in Energy Transition including renewables and energy storage topics.  His selected projects include:

• LCOS 8.0
• LDES Council’s Driving to Net Zero Industry through Long Duration Energy Storage report
• Strategy support for battery energy storage system integrator
• Transaction support, including investor portfolio strategy, benchmarking, competitive analysis, market studies for energy storage investors/financiers (multiple)

Mr. Greil earned a bachelor degree at Michigan Ross, where he also completed a business and sustainability fellowship at the Erb Institute.

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Rishi Iyengar is a Senior Consultant at management consultancy Roland Berger LP. Since 2021, he has supported numerous engagements with utilities and investors across energy transition topics, including energy storage, renewables, EV charging and hydrogen. Mr. Iyengar has supported the Lazard Levelized Cost of Storage (now part of LCOE+) market study over the past three years.  Prior to that, he served in various capacities at Madison Energy Investments, IHS Markit and ICF. Mr. Iyengar earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance at the University of Maryland and a MBA from Columbia Business School.

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Benjamin Lowe is a Partner on the Regulated & Infrastructure team at management consultancy Roland Berger LP.  In his role at the firm, he advises utilities, OEMs, developers and investors on the implications of the energy transition, focusing on current and emerging storage technologies. Among his other work, Mr. Lowe has been the principal investigator for Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Storage (now part of LCOE+) over the past seven years. He has worked in the electric power sector for more than 20 years in a number of roles, including as director of policy and market development at Alevo USA, as strategic planning manager at Duke Energy and as an electric industry reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Mr. Lowe earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics-Political Science from Columbia University.

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Jason Smullen is a Project manager on the Regulated & Infrastructure team at Roland Berger, where he works across the energy value chain with particular specialization in the Energy Transition including renewables and energy storage topics.  His professional journey encompasses engagements on automotive (commercial vehicles), decarbonization, energy storage, utility, and venture capital/financial topics.  Prior to joining Roland Berger, Mr. Smullen worked as a Senior Cost Analyst at Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz AG.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Majors in Economics & History from Northwestern; and an MBA/MS in Sustainability from University of Michigan Ross School of Business & School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS).

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Jingwen Wang is a Senior Project Manager at Roland Berger.  She works across the energy value chain, particularly specializing in Energy Transition including renewables and energy storage topics.  Her professional journey encompasses substantial engagements with publicly traded companies and investors, offering strategy insights and providing transaction support.  Prior to Roland Berger, Ms. Wang worked as a Managing Consultant at Wood Mackenzie and internationally as a Field Engineer for Schlumberger.  She is an alumna of Rice Business. She also holds both Bachelor and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

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Energy Storage Use Cases

February 27-28, 2025 | Online

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Requirements For Successful Completion of Program

Participants must log on each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

A PowerPoint presentation with case studies will be used in this online program through Microsoft Teams.

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 11.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

This course will appeal to professionals and support staff involved in utility and power planning & procurement, portfolio management and analysis functions, including:

• Renewable Energy + Storage Developers
• Distributed Generation Experts
• Portfolio Managers
• Regulators and Regional Market Managers
• Reliability Analysts & Planners
• Corporate Off-takers
• Structuring Analysts
• Power Operations Managers