Knowledge coordination for energy storage
Energy Storage NL is the subject matter expert on energy storage and conversion technology. We promote awareness and knowledge about the current and future role for energy storage and conversion in the energy system. We have collected our knowledge documents in one place, visit our Knowledge base to see these.
We gather information from the national and international market and offer it in a useful way to our participants and other stakeholders.
Goals and activities
Energy Storage NL coordinates knowledge from the storage sector and uses it for strategic purposes in advocacy.
Working Groups
An important tool in this regard are our working groups, in which members structurally share knowledge and practical experience. The working groups are divided by sales markets - large-scale storage, industry and companies, and the built environment - so that specific bottlenecks and opportunities are brought into sharp focus for each segment. Within each working group, three fixed policy priorities take center stage:
- funding (rates, grants, new contracts and fees),
- locations (site formation, permitting and queuing),
- laws and regulations (physical safety, cybersecurity and circularity).
Also, Energy Storage NL knows the Sounding Board Policy, within the sounding board group, members talk about our advocacy.
Training
In addition to internal knowledge pooling, we invest in training and knowledge dissemination. With the development of a basic energy storage course we train stakeholders outside the storage sector around the topics of financing, locations, and laws and regulations. In doing so, we increase understanding of the systemic role of storage and strengthen support for appropriate policies. Training is thus not a stand-alone activity, but a strategic means to support our sub-objective of knowledge coordination and ultimately the main objective of advocacy.
Knowledge and innovation projects
Finally, we actively participate in knowledge and innovation projects. Our involvement in research projects enables us to substantiate and quantify the added value of energy storage. We deploy the results within and outside our network, so that they contribute directly to our policy efforts. In addition, participation in innovation projects generates external funding that enables us to further strengthen our knowledge role.
