And the winner of the Dragons' Den session was...Lizzi Gold, @rheenergise, with their high-density pumped hydro storage solution!
Thank you to all of the participants in the session, which was an excellent showcase of the innovation we are seeing in the sector!
Dr. Marek Kubik, Managing Director - Western Europe Sales at @fluenceenergy makes the case for why lithium-ion battery storage can act as a competitive long duration storage solution at the #ESIconf23 Dragons' Den session
Sarah Griffiths, Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs at @Hydrostor discusses Hydrostor's compressed air energy storage which uses their patented A-CAES technology at #ESIconf23
And we have our first pitch at the ESI Dragons' Den Session! David Hill, Director of Commercial Operations at @FormEnergyInc presents to the audience Form Energy's iron-air battery technology #ESIconf23
And its time for the final session of the day; Dragons' Den!
Welcoming our panel of Dragons, Lorcan Allen, Business Editor at @businessposthq, Andrew Clements, Director at Asper Investment Management, and Kate Tuohy, Director, Energy, Structured Finance Office EMEA, at @MUFGEMEA
Laura Mehigan, Grid Services Manager at @Orsted discussing the positive investment signals for storage, as well as the changes that are still needed #esiconf23
Jeff Kelliher, Specialist Consultant at @TNEIServices presenting the results of the TNEI grid-based battery storage assessment commissioned by ESI, which aims to further understand the opportunities for battery storage in a 2030 scenario #ESIConf23
How do we accelerate energy storage delivery for 2030? In a session chaired by Kate Garth at @RWE_UK; David Carroll @EirGrid, Ken Stewart @Sungrow_Power, Terrence McGovern @KPMG_Ireland and Fergal Downes @ESBGroup gave their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities
Terence McGovern, Director at @KPMG Sustainable Futures @KPMG_Ireland presenting the preliminary results of their study commissioned by ESI exploring the investment and employment potential in the Irish energy storage sector. #ESIconf23
Ronan Doherty, CEO of @ElectroRoute providing the main sponsor address at @ESIConf23. Ronan took us through the progress that has been made in our journey to a net zero system to date, while also highlighting the work that still needs to be done.
John Finnegan, Principle Officer at @Dept_ECC providing the keynote speech at #esiconf23. John noted the key role that energy storage will play in Ireland's energy future, as well as outlining the Departments plans for storage
ESI Conference is this week! π
We're ready to go and very excited for a great day of networking and discussion of all things #energystorage
There's still time to register: https://t.co/KdT0mpz5Wh
Roll on Thursday! πͺ