Path set for 2025: BVES Annual Gene­ral Assem­bly and Annual Con­fe­rence 2024

The gene­ral mee­ting began with the reports of BVES Pre­si­dent Tho­mas Spei­del and Fede­ral Mana­ging Direc­tor Urban Win­delen. The agenda included the 2023 annual finan­cial state­ment, the 2025 bud­get and the by-elec­tion of a cash audi­tor. A high­light was the unani­mous adop­tion of the motion to amend the BVES sta­tu­tes.

Annual con­fe­rence: focus on safety and poli­ti­cal impe­tus

The BVES annual con­fe­rence, which was dedi­ca­ted to the safety of energy sto­rage sys­tems, star­ted at 2:00 p.m. Flo­rian Höl­ting and Mark Jun­ker pre­sen­ted the results of a recent study by RWTH Aachen Uni­ver­sity, which once again demons­tra­ted the high level of safety and relia­bi­lity of modern energy sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies.

The poli­ti­cal frame­work con­di­ti­ons for the indus­try were also a key topic: Andreas Jung MdB (CDU/CSU) pre­sen­ted his par­ty’s energy agenda in his key­note speech and dis­cus­sed the chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties for the indus­try with the par­ti­ci­pants.

Work­shops and expert talks: prac­ti­cal and for­ward-loo­king

The rest of the con­fe­rence was dedi­ca­ted to spe­cia­list lec­tures and work­shops on prac­ti­cal topics such as stan­dar­di­s­a­tion, cyber­se­cu­rity, explo­sion pro­tec­tion and insu­rance for sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies. Par­ti­ci­pants were given insights into the latest deve­lo­p­ments in sta­tio­nary bat­tery sys­tems and updates on the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of the BVES safety gui­de­lines. Par­ti­cu­lar atten­tion was paid to the role of insu­rance as a safety instru­ment for the indus­try.