Making The Business Case For Bulk Power Storage

About the Conference

The day of bulk power storage is dawning. Its widespread adoption will have profound impacts on the economics of the power industry. The societal benefits are clear: efficiency, reliability and carbon reduction. The financial opportunities are staggering: the total requirement for US bulk storage over the next 5-10 years has been estimated at between 10 and 100 Gigawatts, translating into many billions of dollars worth of opportunity and cost savings.

Parties at every step along the electron chain—utilities, baseload, peaking and renewable generators, transmission operators, munis and LDCs, investors, industrial users, speculators, fuel suppliers, traders and marketers and end users—will be affected. Projects once intermittent such as solar and wind will become dispatchable, and coal and nuclear will be able to sell excess nighttime power at peak. Flows, pricing and volatility across the North American grid will transform dramatically as storage is brought online at all points and all scales; asset values and corporate valuations will shift accordingly.

Yet for all this potential, a robust economic analysis of storage business models, closely examining the technology options for each, has not been available. For the first time ever, Infocast and its sponsors will shine the spotlight on bulk power storage for both developers and users. Expert panelists and presenters will assemble the best models, data and insights to date for the financial costs/benefits of storage for baseload, wind, solar, and T&D; how storage services are likely to be contracted; and how technology choices will impact those equations. The key movers and experts will convene in San Diego at the inaugural Power Storage Projects & Enabling Technologies Summit. Together, they will deliver the most up-to-the-minute status and outlook on how bulk power storage projects and services will be developed, marketed and financed, and which enabling technologies are most likely to capture market share.

No one can afford to ignore the immense sea-changes power storage will bring. But only those with the most complete, up-to-date picture will be in a position to take advantage of the sweeping new financial opportunities— and novel risks—ahead.

The benefits and opportunities will be enormous. Get the first in-depth briefing on the economics, business models and technology options:

• Identify opportunities, trends and niches in an emerging 10-100GW market
• How storage can be used to boost generator cash-flow and asset valuations by making intermittent power dispatchable and converting baseload into peaking power
• How to value external power storage services and factor them into business models and development plans
• Acquire the best analysis to date of what large storage projects and applications will look like
• Learn what investors—equity, venture, and debt—are looking for in the power storage space

Who Should Attend

• power suppliers (thermal & renewable)
• independent power project developers
• renewable energy developers
• technology providers
• geological reservoir/land owners (salt domes, depleted reservoirs, aquifers or lakes)
• investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, rural electric coops
• transmission operators and companies
• equity investors
• venture capital investors and analysts
• lenders and investment bankers
• contractors and suppliers

Participating Organizations