

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017
Time 10:15am–11:20am
Room
14 C
SMART RENEWABLE ENERGY: VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS
Summary
This session examines
practical examples and
experiences with virtual
power plants across Europe
and takes a look at the
future. What challenges are
these projects facing today?
Does participation in a
virtual power plant enhance
the market value of
decentralized renewable
energy and flexible assets?
Who operates such plants
and what does their market
participation mean for
different players in the
electricity system? What
impact do they have on the
electricity market and trading
patterns?
10:15am
Welcome and Introduction
Frauke Thies, Chief Policy Officer, Smart Energy Demand Coalition, Belgium
10:20am
Intraday-Optimized Dispatch of Decentralized Supply, Demand and Storage Resources
Daniel Hölder, Director Energy Policy and Communications, Clean Energy Sourcing AG, Germany
10:35am
Holistic Flex Management of Distributed Energy Resources
Jan-Willem Rombouts, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer, REstore, Benelux
10:50am
Optimising PV and Storage through Virtual Power Plant Technology
Doug Taylor, Vice President Industry Solutions Europe, AutoGrid, Germany
11:05am
A Smart Energy Solution: From Central to Decentral with the
E.ONVPP Platform
Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, Head of Flexibility & Renewable Marketing,
E.ONConnecting Energies GmbH, Germany
Daniel
Hölder
Frauke
Thies
Jan-Willem
Rombouts
Jean-Baptiste
Cornefert
Doug
Taylor
12 Intersolar Europe Conference
Partner
Time 11:45am–1:10pm
Room
14 C
SMART RENEWABLE ENERGY: RENEWABLE ENERGY HYBRID PLANTS
Summary
An increasing number of
power generation projects no
longer utilize just one, locally
available, form of renewable
energy. This session focuses
on hybrid renewable energy
power plants which combine
various renewables. Which
technical challenges are
these projects facing today?
What are the benefits of
local integration schemes?
This session provides
answers to these questions
and showcases some
projects that are already
operational.
11:45am
Welcome and Introduction
Gaëtan Masson, Director, Bequerel Institute, Belgium
11:50am
Renewable Energy Hybrid Projects including Utility-Scale solar PV – Pushing the Boundaries
Christian Scholz, Technical Consultant – PV-Hybrid, Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
12:10pm
PV@Wind – The Benefits of Hybrid Power Plants Towards a Fully Sustainable Energy System
Diederik Apotheker, Team Lead Solar, Business Development, Vattenfall, Netherlands
12:30pm
Stacking Strategies for Combining Various Revenue Streams for
Hybrid Solar + Wind + Storage Plants
Haike van de Vegte, Consultant, DNV GL – Energy, Netherlands
12:50pm
Next Generation Hybrid CSP for Off-Grid Applications
Bruce Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, 247Solar Inc., U.S.
Christian
Scholz
Gaëtan
Masson
Diederik
Apotheker
Bruce
Anderson
Haike
van de Vegte