IEA ISGAN Annex 7 - Webinar: A Nordic carbon-neutral energy system enabled by flexibility and storage

Organizer

International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) Annex 7 – Smart Grid Transitions

Co-organised by the Danish Technological Institute und Technical University of Denmark (DTU MAN)

Carbon-neutral electricity is the main challenge since it will be the primary future energy carrier for heating, transportation and other energy needs. Soon fossil fuel-based power plants will be substituted by renewables such as wind and solar. Thus, new storage solutions - activated by the smart grids and enabled by linkages with the heat or mobility sectors - will become central flexibility assets.

However, their direct participation to balancing competes with other, centralised flexibility solutions such as hydroelectric dams that are facilitated by existing market designs and the long-lasting international cooperation among the Nordic countries.

Recent studies have demonstrated that decentralised and cross-sector storage is hindered by regulatory barriers and distorted price signals. Implementing enabling frameworks would create room for new business models to develop that would capture the added value of new types of storage to complement current flexibility solutions in future decarbonised mixes.

The webinar will discuss some of the opportunities and challenges of balancing energy and power in a larger perspective and in some local perspectives in the Nordic countries. Short presentations will give inspiration on the subject before opening the panel debate with Nordic energy experts.

• 12:45 Webinar link is open for verification of connection and registration
• 13:00 Welcome Simon Bolwig, DTU, leader of the Danish ISGAN Annex 7 project
• 13:05 Storage in a carbon-neutral Nordic energy system: Pathways to 2050
  Simon Bolwig, Technical University of Denmark - DTU
  Claire Bergaentzlé, Technical University of Denmark - DTU
• 13:15 Q&A
• 13:20 Measures to reach a stable carbon neutral electricity supply
  Anders Bavnhøj Hansen, Chief Engineer at Energinet
• 13:30 Q&A
• 13:35 Electric Storage to help balance Energy and Power
  Kjeld Nørregaard, Danish Technological Institute - DTI
• 13:45 Q&A
• 13:50 – 14:30 Panel debate theme: Can interconnectors and international smart energy/grid cooperation bring sufficient flexibility in a carbon-neutral Nordic-Baltic energy system, or will local and national energy storage solutions be needed, and in what mix? Should reliance on cross-border trade and cooperation be reconsidered in the light of recent events? What kind of flexibility-enabling infrastructures will local populations accept?
  
  Panel participants:
  Klaus Skytte, CEO Nordic Energy Research 
  - The perspective of Nordic-Baltic energy cooperation (short introduction)
  Anders Bavnhøj Hansen, Chief Engineer at Energinet
  Simon Bolwig, Technical University of Denmark
  Claire Bergaentzlé, Technical University of Denmark
  
  Moderator: Poul Erik Morthorst, DTU and Danish Council on Climate Change 
  - The perspective of the Danish Council on Climate Change (short introduction)

Participant Information

Registration: https://www.conferencemanager.dk/isganannex7/home.html 

Anna Wang
E-Mail: anna.wang@ait.ac.at