Resource Centre Energy storage disrupting the electricity market Energy storage lies at the heart of grid digitisation and is part of a larger trend of technologies that is disrupting South Australia’s network for the better, according to Terry Teoh, general manager of engineering
What: Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition When: 14–15 June Where: International Convention Centre Sydney Web:
www.australianenergystorage.com.au
at ZEN Energy. Ahead of his presentation on monetising
The four sites — the Art Gallery, State
storage at the grid edge in Adelaide’s CBD
Library, Adelaide High School and the Adelaide
at the Australian Energy Storage Conference,
City Council works depot in Thebarton — were
Teoh’s presentation at the Australian En-
Teoh said battery storage currently has strong
chosen for their contrasting load and occu-
ergy Storage Conference, ‘Monetising Storage
market potential in South Australia and the
pancy patterns, and their potential to apply
at the Grid Edge in the Adelaide CBD: The
National Electricity Market (NEM).
battery storage in conjunction with solar and
South Australian storage demo project’, will
demand response.
explore the deployment of commercial storage
“Energy storage and the ability to perform
to alleviate their energy price distress in South Australia.”
peer transactions lie at the heart of grid dig-
Teoh said the $1 million project will play
in Australia and, in particular, how storage
itisation and will drive the democratisation of
a defining role in opening up the commercial
can be used to safeguard South Australia’s
energy, just as we are seeing the democrati-
storage market, starting in South Australia.
electricity network.
sation of services, media and R&D,” he said.
“It will provide real implementation expe-
The conference and exhibition will run
Teoh and ZEN Energy are undertaking a
rience and benefit quantification of batteries
from 14–15 June at the International Con-
groundbreaking project demonstrating real-
located in commercial sites, monetising
vention Centre in Sydney. Themed ‘Investing
time optimisation and monetisation of battery
multiple value streams,” he said.
in Australia’s Energy Storage Future’, the
storage in the NEM by connecting four high-
“It will turn a theoretical concept into a
event will feature more than 50 Australian
profile Adelaide CBD buildings to 513 kWh of
commercially executable reality for commercial
and international speakers presenting on the
behind-the-meter storage.
and industrial customers looking for a lifeline
possibilities of storage.
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