Powering the future – Unlocking the Industrial Potential of Long-Duration Energy Storage
Explore how long-duration energy storage can transform industrial energy use, boost resilience, and unlock new opportunities for sustainable growth.
Accelerating Industrial Resilience through LDES
Industries today are looking for reliable ways to manage energy costs, smooth out supply fluctuations, and maximize their self-generated power. LDES (Long Duration Energy Storage) technology offers a promising solution. This technology can shift energy over longer periods, enabling industrial sites and companies to gain more autonomy and achieve their climate targets faster. LDES also has the potential to strengthen the electricity grid as a buffer for decentralized generation and could develop into a reliable backup for critical applications such as data centers and military infrastructure.
Early commercial projects indicate that scalable applications are gradually coming within reach. This inspiring seminar provides an overview of the first LDES pilot projects and offers clear insights into the opportunities and challenges of this crucial development for the energy transition in Europe and beyond.
For whom?
This event is designed for professionals and decision-makers in the energy and industrial sectors, including:
- Energy managers and sustainability officers in manufacturing and industrial facilities as well as data centres
- Engineers and technical experts working on energy storage and electrification projects
R&D and innovation leaders exploring advanced storage technologies - Policy makers and regulators interested in industrial energy solutions
- Investors and technology partners seeking scalable, safe, and sustainable storage applications
Attendees will gain practical insights into LDES applications, technology comparisons, cost and safety considerations, and opportunities for industrial valorisation.
Key takeaways
At this event you will
- discover how LDES is becoming a strategic building block in industrial electrification.
- gain insight into the latest cases, technology comparisons, and impacts on cost, safety, and circularity.
- meet industrial pioneers who are already implementing LDES, and learn how hybrid systems combining short- and long-duration storage are shaping the future of battery parks.
This is your opportunity to understand the role of LDES in your energy and investment strategy.
Programme
| 12:15–13:00 | Registration and informal networking lunch. | |
| 13:00–14:00 | Welcome and introduction to LDES technology. | Pieter Jan Jordaens – Program Manager Energy Transition Industry – Sirris |
| Installed solutions in practice (before and behind the meter): Energy Dome: CO₂ battery case | Paul Smith – SVP Global Sales – Energy Dome | |
| Installed solutions in practice (before and behind the meter): EOS Energy: Zinc-ion technology for 8–12 hour storage. | Alessio Mariani – VP Europe – EOS Energy | |
| 14:00-14:20 | LDES as an essential building block for flexibility and storage in the grid – Elia | Frie Gybels – System of the Future Analyst – Elia |
| 14:20-14:50 | Coffee break | |
| 14:50-15:30 | New developments in electrochemical storage within the LDES theme and state-of-the-art: redox flow battery technology | Bart Mantels – Project Lead – EnergyVille/Vito |
| 15:30-16:10 | Viewpoint and choice development on LDES through the eyes of a developer: 2h, 4h, 8h, 10h, 12h, 24h storage? Thermal, electrochemical, mechanical, or chemical storage? | Dennis Renson – Product Director – PerPetum Energy |
| Testimonial on collaborative cooperation around LDES in the Netherlands: what can Belgium learn from the experiences with grid congestion in the Netherlands, and how can we work together? | Dr. Sebastian Husein – Dutch consortium Sustainable Long Duration Batteries (SLD Batt) | |
| 16:10–16:50 |
Panel discussion with experts: ‘The energy transition trilemma applied to LDES’ – viewpoints for solution providers and problem owners.
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| 16:50–17:00 | Wrap up |
Charlotte van de Water – Agoria
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| 17:00 –18:00 | Networking reception |
Flemish companies can take advantage of a subsidy from VLAIO for this course
This programme is part of Industriepartnershap in which 13 Flemish innovation partners offer an integrated service to stimulate growth and innovation in the Flemish industry in the 6 following themes: AI, Cybersecurity, Circularity, Digitisation, Climate & Energy and Industry 4.0. They do so under the leadership of Agoria and Sirris and with the support of Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen.