BVES Experts Forum at the Week of the Envi­ron­ment: Focus on energy sto­rage sys­tems

Bea­trice Schulz, Head of Depart­ment Tech­no­lo­gies and Mar­kets at BVES: “The Pre­si­den­t’s Envi­ron­ment Week was a great oppor­tu­nity to pre­sent the diverse func­tions of energy sto­rage sys­tems to both a pro­fes­sio­nal audi­ence and the gene­ral public. Various solu­ti­ons for the energy tran­si­tion are alre­ady available and are making a decisive con­tri­bu­tion to enab­ling the energy tran­si­tion. It is vital that ever­yone is aware of this added value.”

A total of around 190 exhi­bi­tors pre­sen­ted their inno­va­tions and solu­ti­ons for grea­ter envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion at the “Week of the Envi­ron­ment” 2024 in the park of Bel­le­vue Palace, the offi­cial resi­dence of the Fede­ral Pre­si­dent. The event aimed to draw atten­tion to cur­rent cli­mate pro­tec­tion issues and pre­sent new solu­ti­ons and inno­va­tions.

Energy sto­rage as a solu­tion for the energy tran­si­tion

The inno­va­tion show was dedi­ca­ted to highly rele­vant aspects of cli­mate, pro­tec­tion: cli­mate neu­tra­lity and energy secu­rity, hydro­gen tech­no­logy, bio­di­ver­sity and resource pro­tec­tion, sus­tainable change and social soli­da­rity. On 4. and 5 the of June, the dis­cus­sions and the panel of Fede­ral Pre­si­dent Frank-Wal­ter Stein­meier on the main stage as well as more than 70 expert forums pro­vi­ded fresh impe­tus and ideas.

Energy sto­rage sys­tems also play a decisive role in this dis­cus­sion. These are alre­ady widely used in pri­vate house­holds, indus­try and com­merce as well as in sys­tem infra­struc­ture to secure grid sta­bi­lity and sup­ply secu­rity, advance decar­bo­niza­tion and increase energy effi­ci­ency.

The BVES was sel­ec­ted as the orga­ni­zer of the expert forum after a com­pe­ti­tive appli­ca­tion pro­cess. A high-cali­ber jury from aca­de­mia, busi­ness and the public sec­tor reviewed around 400 appli­ca­ti­ons as part of a nati­on­wide com­pe­ti­tion.

The “Week of the Envi­ron­ment” was laun­ched in 2002 by the then Fede­ral Pre­si­dent Johan­nes Rau and has since been orga­ni­zed in coope­ra­tion with the Ger­man Fede­ral Envi­ron­men­tal Foun­da­tion, which is based in Osna­brück.