Deep-dive into LDES-technologies: thermal energy storage
Tackling heat electrification to decarbonize industry
Last year, we explored long duration energy storage (LDES) with a focus on electrochemical energy storage. This year, we’ll focus on how thermal energy storage enhances efficiency, reduces CO₂, and integrates renewables.
Dive deep into the transformative world of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) with industry experts and visionaries from Sirris, Agoria, EnergyVille, Thor Park Genk and POM Limburg.
For Whom
- Manufacturing companies; Food, steel and chemical plants, that generate a lot of heat during production.
- Cities, hospitals, etc. that are looking into seasonal heating and cooling options
- Experts from utilities, data centers and the wind energy sector looking for ways to store surplus energy.
- Policymakers and researchers in the energy field
Key Takeaways
- Understand the role of thermal energy storage (TES) in reducing CO₂ emissions.
- Discover TES technologies: crushed rock, molten salt, high temperature underground storage, packed-bed storage, concentrated solar thermal in combination with high performance thermal concrete storage.
- Learn from industry cases and research projects.
The role of heat generation in climate change
- Energy use for heat generation is responsible for over 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions (the industry accounts for 14 Gt CO₂/year out of 55 Gt total emissions, buildings for 5,5 Gt/year).
- Heat accounts for 50% of global final energy use, yet only 25% is derived from renewable sources (mainly biomass usage), with the majority (75%) still relying on non-renewable sources. Heat demand spans a range of temperatures.
The importance of TES for decarbonizing heat
Thermal Energy Storage (TES) enables the capture of intermittent renewable energy sources (like solar or wind) as heat (up to 1500°C) for later on-demand use. This can help to increase energy flexibility, reduce the cost of electricity, and increase the reuse of waste heat from industrial processes to use as heat for buildings and industry processes.
Discover more facts & figures on Thermal Storage
Your market opportunities
Amid growing emphasis on energy security, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) has a staggering projected $4 trillion market potential by 2040. Essential for integrating renewables and stabilizing power infrastructures, LDES is key to allow renewable energy sources to fortify our power grids and propel us toward a carbon-neutral future faster. By 2040, a whopping 8 TW of long-duration energy storage is forecasted for deployment across global electricity grids.
Read up on last year’s insights
How Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) can solve the energy challenges of manufacturing companies
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Programme
Timing | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome drink with coffee & tea | ||
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Welcome word and opening presentation | Pieter Jan Jordaens – Manager Energy Transition [Sirris] | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | | SETTING THE SCENE Thermal Energy Storage: “From Market & Technology overview to Practical Implementation” + Q& A | Giuseppe Casubolo - Director [Vola Alto Consulting] | |
| 11:10 - 11:35 | | INDUSTRY CASE Crushed rock thermal energy storage: "The bGen™ system by Brenmiller: A sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective Thermal Energy Storage solution for industry decarbonization" + Q&A | Manuel Smolders - Business Development Manager [Brenmiller Europe] | |
| 11:35 - 12:00 | | INDUSTRY CASE Molten salt thermal energy storage - "Green heat: John Cockerill’s solutions to decarbonize the industry" + Q&A | Jean-Michel Wautelet - [John Cockerill] | |
| 12:00 - 12:25 | | INDUSTRY CASE Thermalpod heat battery: flexible electrification of industrial heat + Q&A | Thomas Stroes – Commercial director [Brabetech] | |
| 12:25 - 12:50 | | INDUSTRY CASE High temperature pump design for molten medium energy storage applications + Q&A | Benoît Martin - Advanced Engineering Manager [Sulzer] | |
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Lunch & networking | ||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | | RESEARCH Project PUSH-IT: High temperature underground thermal energy storage + Q&A | Dirk Vanhoudt [VITO / EnergyVille] | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | | RESEARCH Packed-bed thermal energy storage + Q&A | Jan Diriken [VITO / Energyville] | |
| 14:30 - 14:55 | | INDUSTRY CASE Fluidized sand bed technology + Q&A | Daniele Coppola - Sales & Business Development Manager [Magaldi Power S.p.A] | |
| 14:55 - 15:15 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:15 - 15:40 | | INDUSTRY CASE Concentrated solar thermal and decarbonision of industrial heat with thermal energy storage + Q&A | Peter Vandeurzen [Energynest & Azteq] | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Closing remarks & acknowledgements | Pieter Jan Jordaens [Sirris] Bert Gysen [VITO, IEA Thermal Energy Storage] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Networking drink |
Participation fee
€64,- Companies located in Flanders & Sirris-member
€77,- companies located in Flanders, no Sirris-member
€220,- other
This programme is part of Industriepartnershap, in which 13 Flemish innovation partners offer an integrated service to stimulate growth and innovation in the Flemish industry in the six following themes: AI, Circular economy, Digitisation, Industry 4.0 and Climate & Energy. They do so under the leadership of Agoria and Sirris and with the support of Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen.
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