Event reports
Technological progress in energy, and in particular electricity storage, has been remarkable – both in small, middle and large scale, as well as in stationary and mobile applications. Yet, the installed capacity of energy storage systems is far beyond of what is needed to stabilise grid systems, to promote a more decentralised energy architecture and to increase energy efficiency.
ESSJ Japan, organised by Messe Düsseldorf, has become the leading platform of exchange in Asia for providers and experts of energy storage solutions. For the second time, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung RECAP contributed to this international fair.
More than 200 participants and exhibitors rallied up during the two days event at Tokyo Belle Salle exhibition ground, providing RECAP with plenty of opportunities to present its scope of activities in the Asia Pacific region to an international audience of companies‘ representatives and experts from politics and media.
The role of storage solutions in the framework of the German Energiewende was debated in a public session, and chaired by RECAP director Dr. Peter Hefele. The panel participants from innovative German companies and research institutions presented their latest products and new approaches in storing energy and integrating this technology into an increasingly complex energy system architecture.
Other panels compared solutions, which are currently under development in Japan, the US and Europe. It become clear that despite the current dominance of lithium-ion batteries, a bunch of other technologies will be available in the near future – to better serve different needs in storing energy and stabilising energy supply. To spur these developments, further improvements in regulatory frameworks, financing and research policies have to be achieved.