IMechE Seminar: "Storage of Renewable Energy - Meeting the Challenges"

Can energy storage systems be developed, upsized and integrated with renewable energy producers to minimise these intermittency problems and is this an economic solution?

(PRWEB) August 6, 2003 -- Event Title: Storage of Renewable Energy - Meeting the Challenges
Date: November 2003
Location: TBA (see below)
Event Type: 1-day Seminar

ESTIMATED COST
- IMechE Members 190
- Non-members 260
- Retired/Student 47

EVENT THEME
Can energy storage systems be developed, upsized and integrated with renewable energy producers to minimise these intermittency problems and is this an economic solution?

EVENT SCOPE
- Review of a range of storage systems - technical status and economics
- Methods of integrating into supply systems. Comparison with alternative routes (standby conventional plant etc)
- Planning and financial barriers and incentives and future measures required to implement such schemes

BENEFITS TO DELEGATES OF ATTENDING
- Up to date review of an important new technology route for resolving intermittency
- Understanding technical and economic viability of energy storage systems
- Meeting all parties involved in this technology area

DRAFT PROGRAMME

9.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Covering the intermittency problem that results from renewable energy and discussing the present status of energy storage and how this can be integrated to alleviate the problem as well as outlining other measures.

Possible speaker: Dr David Vincent of the Carbon Trust.

10.00 CHEMICAL STORAGE - Regenesys and one or two other papers on large battery related systems.

10.30 COFFEE

10.45- PUMPED STORAGE - How can this contribute, are new systems possible (reservoirs, tidal barrages)

11.15- THE HYDROGEN/FUEL CELL ROUTE

11.45- KINETIC SYSTEMS

12.15- QUESTIONS

12.45- LUNCH

2.30- SMALL EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Possible speaker: Gordon Proven -- his company manufacture small scale renewable systems and were looking into a flywheel at one stage -- a dynamic person

3.00- TEA

3.15- NEWER STORAGE DEVELOPMENTS - SMS, Capacitors etc

3.45- HOW TO INTEGRATE STORAGE WITH STANDBY AND LINKS

A speaker from SSE, SPower, Npower or another provider (depending on event venue)

4.15- MEASURES (PLANNING, FUNDING) NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY INTRODUCE STORAGE SYSTEMS

Possible speaker: Chris Bronsden of Strathclyde Uni / SEEF.

4.45- QUESTIONS

5.15- CLOSE