Overview
GTM Focus is a free-to-attend 90 minute virtual series with exclusive content on the most pressing challenges and opportunities in clean energy.
Led by Wood Mackenzie’s storage research practice in partnership with Wärtsilä, this 90-minute virtual session will break down the technology and design innovations and strategies the Finnish storage powerhouse is implementing to minimize exposure to a myriad of risks, as systems get bigger and bigger, with longer discharge durations.
The scale of upcoming in-front-of-the-meter storage projects will grow exponentially over the next two years. Some of these projects will take over for gas plants; others are designed to make use of an overabundance of solar energy, turning it into peak power and thereby obviating the need for more gas peakers.
But with greater system size, comes greater risk. And risk comes in many forms: financial and technology/warranty-related, as well as those derived from potential delays in construction and interconnection. No other stakeholder is more exposed to these risks than the system integrator.
Agenda
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET: Wood Mackenzie Research Spotlight: Managing Upstream Supply Chain Risks as Energy Storage Systems Surpass the 100 Megawatt-Hour Mark
Speaker: Mitalee Gupta, Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage, Wood Mackenzie
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET: Fireside Chat with Wärtsilä: Minimizing Mega-Storage Risks, Perspectives from a System Integrator
Speaker: Andy Tang, Vice President Energy Storage, Wärtsilä
Moderator: Dan Finn-Foley, Head of Energy Storage, Wood Mackenzie
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET: Panel: Guaranteeing Returns for Mega-Storage Projects: Outlining the Impact of Technology Innovation and Financing Strategies
Speakers:
Joshua Rogol, Chief Development Officer, Strata Solar
Daniel Dedrick, Director, Project Technical Service, Clearway Energy
Jason Knedlhans, Director, Energy Storage Solutions, Able Grid
Risto Paldanius, Vice President, Americas, Wärtsilä Energy
Moderator:
Chloe Holden, Analyst, Energy Storage, Wood Mackenzie
Register for free and join us on March 16 at 1:00 pm ET.