BVES Mem­bers’ Assem­bly and Annual Con­fe­rence 2025: A packed day for the energy sto­rage indus­try

2025 Mem­bers’ Assem­bly: Review, out­look, and new board of direc­tors

The mor­ning star­ted with the reports from BVES Pre­si­dent Tho­mas Spei­del and Fede­ral Mana­ging Direc­tor Urban Win­delen, the pre­sen­ta­tion of the 2024 annual finan­cial state­ments, and the 2026 annual bud­get. The energy sto­rage industry—and with it the BVES—continues to grow dyna­mi­cally. The asso­cia­tion now has over 400 mem­bers from a wide range of areas in the energy sto­rage world. This ste­ady growth high­lights the gro­wing importance of energy sto­rage as a key tech­no­logy in the energy tran­si­tion.

The elec­tion of the new BVES board was an important high­light of the pro­gram. The new com­po­si­tion of the board reflects the diver­sity and dyna­mism of the indus­try. New mem­bers of the board are: Bodo Mayer (Schluch­see­werk AG), Andreas Görtz (Rolls-Royce), Dr. Rein­hild Hugen­roth (TES­VOLT AG), Ilona Dick­schas (TÜV NORD GROUP), Alex­an­der Häge (PFALZ­WERKE AG), Georg Gall­met­zer (ECO STOR GmbH), Jaro­mir Simon (Tesla), and Dr. Alex­an­der Meckeln­borg (DENIOS). Tog­e­ther, they bring broad indus­try know­ledge, dif­fe­rent per­spec­ti­ves, and inno­va­tive ideas to the asso­cia­ti­on’s work.

Annual Con­fe­rence 2025: Energy sto­rage bet­ween scape­goat and pro­blem sol­ver

The motto of the 2025 annual con­fe­rence in the after­noon was “Energy sto­rage: Bet­ween scape­goat and pro­blem sol­ver” and covered cur­rent deve­lo­p­ments and chal­lenges in the indus­try. A num­ber of key­note spee­ches addres­sed key topics: the inte­gra­tion of sto­rage into the energy sys­tem, co-loca­tion of wind power and sto­rage, and new fle­xi­bi­lity requi­re­ments for indus­try.

One par­ti­cu­lar high­light of the con­fe­rence was the key­note speech given by Klaus Mül­ler, Pre­si­dent of the Fede­ral Net­work Agency (BNetzA), who spoke about the role and cur­rent initia­ti­ves of the agency, and Tho­mas König, Mem­ber of the Board of Manage­ment at E.ON SE, who pre­sen­ted the chal­lenges and pos­si­ble solu­ti­ons for effi­ci­ent coope­ra­tion bet­ween net­work ope­ra­tors and sto­rage faci­li­ties.

The 2025 Mem­bers’ Assem­bly once again showed the strength of the BVES com­mu­nity and its com­mit­ment to sha­ping the future of the energy sto­rage indus­try.