For the first time in its five-year history, Australia’s peak industry event for energy storage will be held in Adelaide, with Whyalla saviour and steelworks boss Sanjeev Gupta among keynote speakers.
Next month’s Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (AES 2018) will give participants a first-hand insight into projects transforming South Australia’s energy sector. It will be the first time the event is held outside of Sydney.
The conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre will feature a keynote presentation from chairman of GFG Alliance chairman and SIMEC ZEN Energy, Sanjeev Gupta.
Last year the British billionaire saved the troubled Whyalla steelworks, later renaming it Liberty OneSteel.
SIMEC ZEN Energy chairman Sanjeev Gupta.
He then revealed plans to build 120-megawatt/140-megawatt-hour battery in Port Augusta, supporting a new solar farm at the Whyalla steelworks.
The battery will be larger than fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s 100MW/120MWh battery in Jamestown.
AES 2018 will also give delegates the chance to learn more about SA’s leadership in the energy storage sector from companies such as Tesla, Redflow, Toshiba, Kokam, and ANT Solutions.
AES sales manager and conference program manager Sam Staples says the event’s move to Adelaide – Australia’s clean energy hotspot – will allow attendees to capitalise on what the city has to offer.
“Adelaide and SA have positioned themselves as national leaders in the push to modernise energy systems through the uptake of clean and efficient technologies,” he says.
“The state is well on its way to becoming 100% renewable and energy storage is the key to achieving this benchmark.”
Exhibitors will also have the chance to present their products and services in the heart of the exhibition floor, covering sectors such as agriculture, construction, education and government, finance, heating and cool, manufacturing, mining, power management and renewable energy system providers, just to name a few.
Last year’s conference and exhibition in Sydney was attended by people from New Zealand, Asia, the Pacific, North America and Europe.
AES 2018 also features tours in the Mid North at the Hornsdale Wind Farm Power Reserve which houses Tesla’s big battery, touted as the world’s largest lithium ion battery.
Attendees will also tour Adelaide High School, the site of a load shifting commercial battery installation and solar array by SIMEC ZEN Energy.
Tonsley Innovation Precinct will also be visited, as will Redflow’s Adelaide office and battery lab and the recently announced Highbury Pumped Hydro installation at a disused quarry in Adelaide’s north east.
For more information on the exclusive tours or conference register here.
The tours will be held on May 22, while the conference and exhibition will take place from May 23–24.
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