First of its Kind: New Event Format in France to Push Energy Storage Sector

A major topic on President Macron’s agenda is decreasing the nuclear energy production by 25% over the next seven years. This requires massive investments for residential energy efficient measures, smart metering, transmission and distribution of electricity. Hence, energy storage will play a vital role within this process.

According to EuPD Research, France installed a total of approximately 23 MWh of energy storage in 2017 of which the lion’s share was generated by utility scale projects. However, also the residential segment is showing a surging demand – with more than 2,000 systems to be installed in 2018, which marks a growth of over 40% estimated as compared to installations in the previous year.

In view of these positive developments and France’s role among the top four European energy storage markets, it was an easy decision for the three partners Solar Promotion International, FMMI and IBESA to come and put together an event that will benefit from the great potential that France still has in the renewable energy sector. TRION-climate, a Franco-German-Swiss network of energy market operators in the tri-national metropolitan Upper Rhine region, co-organizes the summit.

“A constantly changing and highly dynamic business environment requires innovative solutions to successfully compete in the marketplace and create a vibrant energy storage market. We have succeeded with our event concepts all over the world, because we adapt the framework of our events both to the country-specific market, the customs and the mentality,” says Daniel Fuchs, Vice President of IBESA.

The increasing share of fluctuating renewable energies, especially PV and wind energy, will present growing challenges for Europe`s electricity grid infrastructure. “Today we observe increasing markets for stationary storage applications in residential, commercial and utility scale as well as a boom for the electrification in the mobility sector all over Europe. Planning for investments in battery cell production plants e.g. in Germany are the right way to enlarge the economic added value for energy storage solutions in Europe”, adds Tina Engelhard, General Manager of Solar Promotion International GmbH.

Solar Promotion International GmbH

Solar Promotion GmbH and its subsidiary Solar Promotion International GmbH organize global exhibitions and conferences in the fields of renewable energies and energy efficiency. The portfolio includes events for the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage, smart renewable energy, solar thermal technologies, solar architecture, energy efficient buildings and the use of biomass in power generation.
ees Europe is one of these events and the continent’s largest, most-attended and most international exhibition for the battery and energy storage industry. It serves as an industry platform, bringing together manufacturers, distributors, users and suppliers of electricity storage systems, and takes place annually in Munich, Germany.

Freiburg Management and Marketing International GmbH (FMMI)

Freiburg Management and Marketing International GmbH (FMMI) is owned and operated by the City of Freiburg and founded with the aim of promoting international cooperatives and organizing trade exhibitions and conferences relating to the economy, tourism, the environment and international city partnerships, at the behest of the City of Freiburg. “Green City” Freiburg” is marketed worldwide to describe Freiburg’s decades of expertise in solar technology, renewable energies and sustainable urban and traffic planning. FMMI’s international activities strengthen and promote Freiburg as an economic hub.