DEPART­MENTS &
COM­MI­TEES

The Tech­no­lo­gies and Mar­kets depart­ment focu­ses on the applied use of energy sto­rage sys­tems in the elec­tri­city, heat and mobi­lity sec­tors. It also moni­tors, ana­ly­zes and sup­ports the mar­ket seg­ments of households/buildings, industry/commerce and sys­tem infra­struc­ture. With its tech­no­logy-open approach, BVES addres­ses the entire tech­no­logy range of energy sto­rage sys­tems, from super capa­ci­tors and the various bat­tery tech­no­lo­gies to pum­ped sto­rage, hydro­gen and ther­mal sto­rage solu­ti­ons.

From rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment of a new pro­duct, to finan­cing and deploy­ment, all the way to recy­cling — the depart­ment tack­les all rele­vant topics along the energy sto­rage value chain. The inte­gra­tion of the appli­ca­tion indus­tries enables the col­la­bo­ra­tive deve­lo­p­ment of sui­ta­ble solu­ti­ons for the indi­vi­dual mar­ket seg­ments and crea­tes new mar­kets for sto­rage sys­tems.

The bodies in the Tech­no­lo­gies and Mar­kets depart­ment pro­vide the set­ting for both tech­no­logy-spe­ci­fic and appli­ca­tion-spe­ci­fic exch­ange within the indus­try.

Asso­cia­ted boards in the Mar­kets divi­sion
– Working Group Household/ Buil­dings
– Mobility/ Char­ging Infra­struc­ture Working Group
– Working Group Inter­na­tio­nal Mar­ket Deve­lo­p­ment
– Finance Working Group
– R&D/ Pro­jects Working Group
– Working Group Energy Sup­pli­ers
– Working Group Cir­cu­lar Eco­nomy
– Working Group Digi­ta­liza­tion

Asso­cia­ted boards in the area of tech­no­lo­gies
– Hydrogen/ Power-to‑X Working Group
– Ther­mal Sto­rage Working Group
– Working Group House­hold Sto­rage
– Large Bat­te­ries Working Group
– Pum­ped Sto­rage Working Group
– Working Group Flow Bat­te­ries

+ Con­fe­ren­ces for all BVES mem­bers

The pri­mary objec­tive of the depart­ment is the deve­lo­p­ment and har­mo­niza­tion of norms and stan­dards in the energy sto­rage sec­tor as a uni­fied and sta­ble foun­da­tion for the entire indus­try. For this, BVES is an active mem­ber of the natio­nal orga­niza­ti­ons and stan­dar­diza­tion bodies of DIN, DKE and FNN. Inter­na­tio­nally, BVES is invol­ved in stan­dar­diza­tion work in CEN­ELEC and IEC.

In the depart­ment, BVES experts and those of its mem­ber orga­niza­ti­ons draw up pro­po­sals on the state of the art and on the orga­niza­tion of instal­la­tion, assem­bly and trans­port con­di­ti­ons, define qua­lity cri­te­ria for ensu­ring pro­duct safety and labe­l­ing, and draft indus­try gui­de­lines.

Asso­cia­ted boards
– Working group of mem­bers in stan­dar­diza­tion com­mit­tees
– Safety Working Group

The Energy Law Depart­ment con­so­li­da­tes BVES’s legal and regu­la­tory exper­tise in all aspects of energy and envi­ron­men­tal law. The depart­ment is a cross-sec­tional area to all other work areas.

The legal issues rela­ting to the indi­vi­dual spe­cia­list areas and the various levels of govern­ment — state, fede­ral and EU — are brought tog­e­ther here. In par­al­lel, the Energy Law Depart­ment sup­ports the work of the Policy Depart­ment. Tog­e­ther, they are invol­ved in new legis­la­tive pro­ce­du­res and new regu­la­ti­ons.

Asso­cia­ted boards
– Tem­po­rary Task Forces

The Policy Depart­ment is the cross-sec­tional depart­ment of BVES. Tog­e­ther with the other depart­ments, it deve­lops BVES’s poli­ti­cal pro­gram and arti­cu­la­tes BVES’s poli­ti­cal objec­ti­ves to various levels of govern­ment (fede­ral, state, Euro­pean).

The depart­ment is where cur­rent issues and long-stan­ding pro­jects con­verge and are trans­la­ted into poli­ti­cal goals. The tasks of the depart­ment include ana­ly­sis of poli­ti­cal pro­ces­ses and out­reach to various stake­hol­ders. The Department’s advo­cacy work takes place at the state, fede­ral and EU levels.

Mit der EU-Pol­The EU Policy Group is an inde­pen­dent Eng­lish-lan­guage working group focu­sing on cur­rent policy deve­lo­p­ments in the EU. Working clo­sely with policy pro­ces­ses at the EU level is a major focus of BVES.

The depart­ment works in par­ti­cu­lar with the Depart­ment of Energy Law on policy posi­ti­ons and on the ana­ly­sis of cur­rent regu­la­tion and its impact on energy sto­rage sys­tems.

Asso­cia­ted boards
– EU Policy Working Group (engl.)

The depart­ment ser­ves as a point of cont­act for the press and the public, as well as an infor­ma­tion hub for the latest deve­lo­p­ments for BVES mem­bers. The focus of the department’s work is on pla­cing asso­cia­tion-rela­ted topics in spe­cia­li­zed and main­stream media, pro­vi­ding crea­tive and edi­to­rial sup­port for the organization’s web­site, and pre­pa­ring pro­mo­tio­nal mate­ri­als.

Its acti­vi­ties also include orga­ni­zing, adver­ti­sing, and hand­ling com­mu­ni­ca­tion for the association’s events. Addi­tio­nally, the depart­ment enga­ges in dia­lo­gue with mem­bers to deve­lop, coor­di­nate, and update com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons on behalf of the entire energy sto­rage indus­try.

Asso­cia­ted boards
– Trade show/conference working group
– Cri­sis Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Working Group