Solarplaza Summit | Energy Storage The Netherlands

This session places the Netherlands in a European competitive context, examining which market frameworks are actually attracting BESS capital at scale. It distills what must change for the Dutch storage market to accelerate its next phase of deployment.

Not all battery technologies are financeable - and technology choices now directly affect cost of capital, revenue risk, and bankability. Gain insight into price trends and business models, and which system configurations are leading the way toward scalability.

As merchant exposure becomes harder to finance, this session examines which storage contract structures are bankable in 2026, and how risk is being redistributed between asset owners, optimisers, and offtakers.

This presentation examines how hybrid configurations affect grid access, legal structuring, and project economics in a more constrained and risk-aware market.

A practical look at the real-world permitting process for energy storage projects, highlighting common challenges and lessons learned from recent cases. This session also explores how permitting dynamics shift when batteries are integrated with PV or wind assets, and what steps developers can take to streamline approvals.

In this session, we move beyond theory to focus on what developers can actually do today to advance projects. Drawing on real-world cases, including co-located solar (~60 MW scale), industrial connections, and behind-the-meter solutions, this presentation explores how to unlock stalled projects and rethink development strategies in a congested system.

Gain a behind-the-scenes look at how the most active storage traders structured their setups in 2025—what worked, what failed, and why. This session provides an in-depth analysis of performance results and explores how PICASSO and MARI are reshaping the trading landscape and opportunities for BESS participation in ancillary markets.

A dual presentation unpacking operational insights that showcase how AI-powered optimization is maximizing the revenues and bankability of co-located BESS projects.

Artificial intelligence as a game-changer for forecasting and dispatch.

Following real-world insights into how storage assets generate revenue in practice, this session dives into a critical but often overlooked question: why do many battery systems fail to deliver the revenues they are modeled to achieve?

This session explores when longer-duration flexibility becomes system-relevant, and what that implies for grid planning, market design, and capital allocation.

As electrification accelerates and renewable penetration deepens, power markets are entering a new phase defined by volatility, cannibalisation, and structural price distortions. In this session, Becquerel Institute takes a system-level view on how these dynamics are reshaping investment logic and turning energy storage from an optional asset into a fundamental pillar of the electricity system.

This keynote sets the strategic context for Europe’s battery ambitions by examining how battery manufacturing ecosystems are built, and why China’s scale, integration, and cost advantages have proven so durable. It explores what this means for Europe’s competitiveness, supply-chain resilience, and the pace and cost of energy storage deployment in the coming decade.