APPrO and the National Research Council Canada jointly released two reports on electricity storage in early April, as part of the backdrop for a conference focused on developing the energy storage supply chain in Canada. The reports included comprehensive proceedings from the recent Canadian Energy Storage Symposium, and a new in-depth technical report by Canada’s National Research Council on energy storage technology. Both reports were made freely available over the internet.
The publishers described it as an opportunity to “access the collected wisdom of leading lights from the Canadian Energy Storage industry assembled in the latest NRC technical report and the proceedings of the Ontario Energy Storage Symposium.” Proponents say the global market for energy storage technology, estimated at $24 billion, holds the potential to change the way the energy system operates, while creating substantial opportunities for clean and sustainable business initiatives.
National Research Council Canada (NRC) released its technical report on the event, “The Debut of New Energy Storage Technology.” This document is now available on the APPrO website.
In addition, NRC and the Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO) released advance copies of the proceedings of the 2014 Energy Storage Symposium. This document condenses key insights and major presentations from the first event of its type on energy storage – featuring observations from the CEOs of several of Canada’s top companies operating in the field.
The two-day event summarized in the proceedings document focused on deepening the understanding of Energy Storage for market participants and researchers, highlighting technical and business insights in several areas, including the following:
• The Ontario power market is evolving with the development of smart grids, increasing penetration of renewables, and improvements in conventional generation & transmission. How can Energy Storage help you compete in the changing market with new market participants?
• Identifying the domestic supply chain capacity that will be necessary to develop and deploy Energy Storage technologies, both locally and internationally.
All these materials were released in advance of the Canadian Energy Storage Supply Chain conference, sponsored by NRC, on April 9.
Here are links to the two reports:
• The NRC Technical Report on the Debut of New Energy Storage
• Advance copy of the text-based version of the 2014 Energy Storage Symposium Proceedings
• Presentations by speakers at the first Ontario Energy Storage Symposium
The online edition of this issue of IPPSO FACTO will have hotlinks to all the above.
The full Symposium Proceedings, including graphics, will be released by APPrO in June.