“Energy Storage China 2014” Grandly Inaugurated in Beijing

“Information technology has had a tremendous impact on every part of our society and is still generating enormous change. However, the changes brought about by the combination of information technology and next generation energy technologies have just begun. A global energy storage revolution is currently underway and is deepening this process. The development of China's energy storage industry faces three major problem areas: technologies, applications and market mechanisms. Yet, where there are challenges there are opportunities: California’s energy storage project financing models, the commercialization of the Japanese residential energy storage market, Europe's low carbon development model and the global interest in 'solar-plus-storage' models replacing traditional solar models have presented many new ways of thinking for China's energy storage industry.”

“Energy Storage China 2014” — the third annual international conference and expo on energy storage in China organized by the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (MDS) and supervised by China National Energy Administration — grandly inaugurated in Beijing at China National Convention Center today (23 June). The two-day conference and expo will focus on the core theme of “development opportunities of energy storage of new urbanization”, and comprehensively discuss about 'solar-plus-storage' models together with other hot topics such as the latest energy storage policies and market trends both at home and abroad, energy storage applications in smart cities, buildings and traffic systems, decentralized solor and energy storage systems, 'solar-plus-storage' solutions, development of decentralized 'solar-plus-storage' driven by multiple investment and financing models, advanced energy storage technology demands and solutions, renewable energy storage technologies, and renewable energy batteries. There will be more than 50 speakers, over 20 exhibitors, and over 350 experts and professionals from 10 countries to participate in the event, and more than 50 journalists will attend the conference and publish live reports.

At the opening plenary, Ms. Tina Zhang, Secretary-General of CNESA released annual white paper with industry statistics of energy storage: According to the energy storage project database established by the CNESA, in spite of setbacks in 2013, e.g. bankruptcy of leading players like A123 and Xtreme Power, and shutdown of some energy storage demonstration projects, the global energy storage industry is, generally speaking, growing up steadily.

Installed capacity kept increasing. As of the end of 2013, global energy storage capacity totaled 736MW (except for pumped hydro, compressed air and heat storage), steadily up by 12% compared to 2012.

Coverage of energy storage project constantly extended. With nearly half of the world’s energy storage demonstration projects owned by the U.S., North America remained its leading role in this field. Immediately following was Japan, with NGK achieving capacity over 300MW. In 2013, Germany, the UK, France and Spain also actively carried out energy storage projects including power transmission and distribution, smart cities and island storage. With project coverage constantly extending, the energy storage industry enjoys a very promising future.

The Chinese market made remarkable improvement. As of the end of 2013, China had achieved installed capacity of 51.5MW, up by 39% compared to 2012. This dramatic growth was driven by renewable energy integration, distributed generation and micro-grid, electric vehicles, etc. Especially, the distributed generation and micro-grid, power supply for un-electrified population, island sustainable energy system construction, and decentralized PV initiative, all these have provided enormous opportunities for energy storage. The Chinese energy storage market possesses huge potential.

During the new year, the stagnant reform of the Chinese power market will be back on track, and decentralized PV will march towards 8GW capacity. What kind of investment and industry increasing opportunities will the new power mode and energy system bring to the Chinese energy storage industry? Let’s wait and see.

Global energy storage experts and industry players gathering at “Energy Storage China 2014”

Fully supported by Chinese and international organizations, Energy Storage China 2014 has invited not only leading Chinese experts, but also influential international experts including Dr. Imre Gyuk (Energy Storage Systems Research Program Manager, US Department of Energy), Dr. Rahul Walawalkar (Founder & Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance), and Ms Janice Lin (Co-Founder and Executive Director, California Energy Storage Alliance) to share the major policies and influences of the energy storage industry in the U.S., the operations of micro-grid system in California, and the “solor-plus-storage” opportunities based on popularization of PV generation action plan in the U.S.

Dr. Imre Gyuk directs several energy storage research programs and funds in the US Department of Energy, supports and manages research work related to advanced energy storage cells, FESS, super capacitors, and compressed air technologies. Presently, there is US$1.85 million incentive funds under his supervision to be applied for grid-level energy storage demonstration projects which may enlarge energy storage capacity by 10 times.

As Executive Director of California Energy Storage Alliance and Chairwoman of the Global Energy Storage Alliance Executive Committee, Ms Janice Lin is an active member of different regulatory bodies in California and appointed key participant in drafting US first grid-level “Energy Storage Regulations”. She has more than 20 years professional experience in US renewable energy project administration, product development and corporate strategic planning, and is dedicated to energy storage applications in the grid-level market and in the power system as well as their value orientation, and also devoted to helping all kinds of multinational companies to evaluate the market value of participating in clean energy.

During the conference, Mr. Wang Zhongying (Director, Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute, China National Development and Reform Commission), Mr. Wang Sicheng (Senior Researcher, Energy Research Institute, NDRC) and Dr. Liang Hao (Associate Professor, CSTC of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development) will discuss with other participants about the policy driven market boost for energy storage and decentralized PV in China, the impact by incentive policy of distributed PV and the opportunity of energy storage, the BIPV policies and prospects, and key trends of the MST supported energy storage technologies.

China’s most promising energy storage industry event fully supported by Chinese and foreign organizations

Energy Storage China 2014 is strongly supported by both domestic and foreign organizations including the National Energy Administration, German Energy Storage Association, California Energy Storage Alliance, India Energy Storage Alliance, Germany Trade & Invest GmbH, German Chambers of Commerce, the Independent Power Producers Forum, China Electricity Council, China Renewable Energy Society, China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, China Energy Research Society New Energy Special Committee, the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the State-Local Joint Research Center for Solar Photovoltaic Materials and Equipment!

“Energy Storage China” is a member of the GESA global energy storage conference and expo series, staged by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and its regional partners dedicated to the promotion of energy storage technologies, which includes the second Energy Storage North America to be held in San Jose California from 30 September - 2 October 2014, the first Energy Storage Summit Japan to be held in Tokyo on 6 November 2014, the second Energy Storage India to be held in New Delhi from 3-5 December 2014, and the fourth Energy Storage Europe to be held in Düsseldorf Germany from 9-11 March 2015.

The conference program includes global market update, parallel sessions, energy storage technologies workshops, project visits. Global Energy Storage Alliance Meeting and CNESA Member Meeting will concurrently be held during Energy Storage China 2014, and the Energy Storage Industry Research Whitepaper 2014 will be released during the conference. As a guideline for the development of the Chinese energy storage industry technologies and policies, the Energy Storage Industry Research Whitepaper 2014, based on the previous three editions, provides an in-depth analysis on industry trends, standards formulation and profitable applications as well as critical insight on the development modes of energy storage in different regional ecological systems across China. Based on the status quo of the Chinese market and global industry trends, this event aims to help Chinese energy storage companies to expand domestic market and learn about renewable energy and energy storage policies and opportunities in major foreign countries.

The next Energy Storage China is schedule to be held in Beijing in June 2015.

For further information about Energy Storage China, please visit www.ESCexpo.cn. 

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