Policy, Market-Design and Power Market Fundamentals Effect on Battery Profitability

Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe 2024 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 13:39 .

Eva Zimmermann of Aurora Energy Research Highlights Dutch Battery Market Potential and Challenges Due to High Grid Fees

Eva Zimmermann, a leader in European battery market research at Aurora, discusses the Dutch battery market. Aurora is known for energy power market modeling and forecasting across Europe, with offices globally. The focus is on why the Netherlands has become a hotspot for battery storage investment. Key factors include the decline of conventional thermal generation alongside rising peak demand, which necessitates increased system flexibility that batteries can provide. Zimmermann explains how residual demand metrics illustrate this need by showing when renewable energy supply falls short or exceeds demands. Particularly post-2030 projections indicate a steeper rise in required dispatchable capacity to bridge these gaps. Despite excellent revenue opportunities through various markets such as day-ahead markets and balancing services, high grid fees are a significant barrier for batteries in the Netherlands. Batteries face substantial annual costs per megawatt just to access the grid due to current fee structures based on installed capacity rather than consumed energy. Fortunately, regulators are aware of these issues and have proposed reducing grid fees to make battery investments more viable in this burgeoning market.

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Speaker

Eva Zimmermann
Associate Flexible Energy
Aurora Energy Research
Germany

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