Wednesday 15 April 2026
13:30
Arrival & registration
14:00
Electricity market fundamentals
- How the electricity system is organized
- How electricity is traded
- Imbalance & Balancing 101
- Congestion & Redispatch
- What all of this means for storage
Jan Willem Zwang
Stratergy
16:00
The storage asset: technical foundations
- Battery chemistries explained simply
- BESS system and components
- Degradation & warranties
- Power vs. energy vs. duration
- Efficiency, availability, and performance KPIs
- EMS basics: forecasting, dispatching, safety logic
Jan Willem Zwang
Stratergy
16:00
Mini coffee break - Q&A
16:30
Revenue stacking and commercial mechanics
- Primary revenues: FCR, aFRR, energy arbitrage, congestion relief
- Co-location vs. standalone economics
- Contracting models: CapEx, leasing, tolling, JV
- Risks & sensitivities (curtailment, negative prices, duration mismatch, forced outages)
- Case study: How a 20 MW NL BESS actually earns money hour by hour
Jan Willem Zwang
Stratergy
17:30
Permitting, safety & grid connection
- The Dutch permitting sequence end-to-end
- Fire safety rules, NFPA/IEC basics
- How DSOs assess connection requests
- Due diligence, benchmark setting, structuring
- Transformers, cable routes, and the real-world bottlenecks
- Case study from a developer: “What I wish I knew before applying for my first grid connection
Jan Willem Zwang
Stratergy
18:00
Networking drinks & borrel
