BVES: GOALS &
IMPACT

Energy Sto­rage Sys­tems Asso­cia­tion (BVES) is com­mit­ted to estab­li­shing energy sto­rage as a sus­tainable and effi­ci­ent com­po­nent of the rene­wa­ble energy land­scape in the elec­tri­city, heat, and mobi­lity sec­tors. The objec­tive is to enable the broad use of sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies and pro­vide fle­xi­bi­lity and secu­rity of sup­ply for the entire energy sys­tem.

Our goal is to create a sta­ble foun­da­tion for the dyna­mi­cally gro­wing sto­rage indus­try, iden­tify and over­come mar­ket bar­riers at natio­nal, Euro­pean, and inter­na­tio­nal levels, and deve­lop widely accepted stan­dards and norms.

BVES was foun­ded in 2012 by pio­neers in the Ger­man energy sto­rage indus­try and has since become a rapidly gro­wing busi­ness asso­cia­tion. With over 250 mem­ber com­pa­nies and part­ner orga­niza­ti­ons from Ger­many, Europe, and around the world, BVES is the lea­ding net­work repre­sen­ting the inte­rests of the energy sto­rage indus­try.

Over the past decade, BVES has estab­lished a strong net­work both within the sto­rage indus­try its­elf and in appli­ca­tion areas such as the solar and wind sec­tors, the che­mi­cal indus­try, the finan­cial sec­tor, energy pro­vi­ders, and the auto­mo­tive indus­try.

Our mem­bers repre­sent the entire value chain of energy sto­rage sys­tems: deve­lo­p­ment, manu­fac­tu­ring, finan­cing, ope­ra­tion, insu­rance, cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, rese­arch, and regu­la­tion. From the begin­ning, they have been com­mit­ted to the energy tran­si­tion and tech­no­lo­gi­cal solu­ti­ons, estab­li­shing “made in Ger­many” sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies as an inter­na­tio­nal qua­lity stan­dard. Our mem­ber­ship includes start-ups, a large num­ber of medium-sized com­pa­nies, and inter­na­tio­nal cor­po­ra­ti­ons, cove­ring the full spec­trum.

Tog­e­ther with its mem­bers, BVES works towards the main goal of streng­thening Ger­many as an indus­trial coun­try through a decen­tra­li­zed, digi­ti­zed, and decar­bo­ni­zed energy sys­tem. Energy sto­rage sys­tems form the neces­sary foun­da­tion along­side gene­ra­tion, trans­port, and con­sump­tion. With a clear vision of the energy sys­tem of the future, we sum­ma­rize it as fol­lows:

• Rapid expan­sion of rene­wa­ble ener­gies wit­hout any caps or legal rest­ric­tions
• Aboli­tion of dou­ble taxa­tion and fees for energy sto­rage for fair mar­ket com­pe­ti­tion
• A new mar­ket design that rewards fle­xi­bi­lity and cost effi­ci­ency and pro­vi­des long-term invest­ment secu­rity
• Fle­xi­ble sec­tor cou­pling: The sec­tors of elec­tri­city, heat, and mobi­lity seam­lessly inte­grate with each other
• Pro­sumers at the cen­ter of the new energy sys­tem: Indi­vi­dual citi­zens, house­holds, and neigh­bour­hoods come tog­e­ther tem­po­r­a­rily and easily to form energy com­mu­ni­ties and freely trade energy among them­sel­ves.

As a com­pe­tent dia­lo­gue part­ner for poli­cy­ma­kers, BVES actively con­tri­bu­tes its solu­tion pro­po­sals to the legis­la­tive pro­ces­ses. It repres­ents the inte­rests of its mem­bers in poli­tics, busi­ness, and society at regio­nal, natio­nal, EU, and inter­na­tio­nal levels. At the same time, BVES sup­ports its mem­bers with tar­ge­ted public rela­ti­ons efforts.

BVES brings tog­e­ther lea­ding experts from all areas of the energy sto­rage indus­try and pro­vi­des them with the appro­priate plat­form for exch­ange and net­wor­king. Rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment of sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies remain an essen­tial part of the asso­cia­ti­on’s work. Close col­la­bo­ra­tion with rese­arch insti­tu­ti­ons and uni­ver­si­ties takes place in various working groups. Addi­tio­nally, BVES deve­lops its own stan­dards and norms for sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies and is invol­ved in natio­nal and Euro­pean stan­dar­diza­tion com­mit­tees.

As a part­ner of the Volta‑X Energy Fair in Stutt­gart, BVES is actively invol­ved in the deve­lo­p­ment of a high-qua­lity plat­form for exch­ange with users, cus­to­mers, and indus­try experts within the field.