BVES sta­tus con­fe­rence: Cur­rent deve­lo­p­ments in norms and stan­dar­diza­tion for energy sto­rage sys­tems

The norms and stan­dards in the field of energy sto­rage are in a state of con­stant evo­lu­tion. Key regu­la­tory prin­ci­ples for bat­tery sto­rage sys­tems are curr­ently being crea­ted at EU level and will soon be firmly estab­lished. These include the EU Bat­tery Regu­la­tion (EU-BattVO), which covers the entire life cycle of bat­te­ries and used bat­te­ries. Howe­ver, there is still uncer­tainty in many areas, as some stan­dards are still being deve­lo­ped, while legal requi­re­ments alre­ady exist. The BVES the­r­e­fore con­siders it essen­tial to regu­larly inform its mem­bers about new deve­lo­p­ments and their effects and to pro­mote exch­ange. After a wel­come address by Urban Win­delen, Mana­ging Direc­tor of BVES, Tho­mas Timke from Solar­watt and Franz Streibl of Run­der Tisch Repa­ra­tur e.V. pre­sen­ted the cur­rent sta­tus in the stan­dar­diza­tion com­mit­tees. Mathieu Die­mert from Hager Elec­tro GmbH Co. KG gave an update on the VDE/FNN note on the sto­rage con­nec­tion in low vol­tage. Dr. Jan Regt­meier from Denios SE and Daniel Was­ser from secAd­air GmbH repor­ted on the pro­gress of the BVES safety gui­de­lines for large bat­tery sto­rage sys­tems. A par­ti­cu­lar focus was pla­ced on the aspects of the EU Bat­tery Regu­la­tion and the chal­lenges of its imple­men­ta­tion, inclu­ding:

• Sta­tio­nary sto­rage
• 2nd-Life Use
• Legal chal­lenges
• State­ment pro­ce­dure and car­bon foot­print
• Per­for­mance and dura­bi­lity requi­re­ments

BVES is com­mit­ted to the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment and har­mo­niza­tion of norms and stan­dards as a sta­ble basis for the sto­rage indus­try. It is actively par­ti­ci­pa­ting in natio­nal orga­niza­ti­ons such as DIN, DKE and FNN as well as inter­na­tio­nally in CEN­ELEC and IEC. Experts from the indus­try and mem­ber orga­niza­ti­ons define qua­lity cri­te­ria, create indus­try gui­de­lines and deve­lop tech­ni­cal stan­dards for safe and effi­ci­ent sto­rage solu­ti­ons.