Innovative Energy Storage “The WindGas Hamburg project” EU Utility Week Vienna, 03.-05. November 2015 René Schoof Head of Energy Storage Technology, E.ON Gas Storage GmbH

Reasons for energy storage increasing variable generation

always been fluctuating demand

Flexibility from … Generation

Storage

Grids Power

Wind/Solar-to-Power

Gas

Heat

Power-to-Power

Gas-to-Power/Heat

Power-to-Gas

Coal-to-Power/Heat

Power-to-Heat

Demand / decentralized generation Residential | Mobility | SME | Industry

Flexibility demand needs different storage technologies Needed & already today available Storage technologies for

Minimum required power (MW)

Generation

Customer

Trading/Grids

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