Program 8th Conference

Storage & Grid Utilization · April 23, 2026

Venue
Ingenieurwerk Hamburg

We are currently finalizing details with our speakers. Below is the preliminary schedule highlighting the planned topics.

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09:00 – 09:30
Arrival
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Check-in, badge pickup, and initial networking.
09:30 – 10:00
Opening
Welcome by the Board
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Schulz (Helmut Schmidt University)
Review of the past year and introduction to the conference's main theme.
10:00 – 10:50
Session I
Battery Storage in Distribution Grids
Practical reports from grid operators on the integration of large-scale storage. Strategies for flexibility and stabilization.
Presentation · 20 min
Subsynchronous Damping by Battery Storage System in Grid-Forming Control (English)
MSc Ziqi Zou, PhD candidate at Chair of Power Electronics, Kiel University
Presentation · 20 min
GFI Pilot in 110-kV Grid (TBC)
Dr.-Ing. Farhad Safargholi, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE
10:50 – 11:05
Break
Break
11:05 – 12:25
Session II
Tech Deep Dive: Grid Forming and Overbuilding from a Research Perspective
Technical and regulatory solutions to maximize the use of existing infrastructure. Best practices.
Presentation · 20 min
Impedance-Based Stability Criterion in Practical Application: Insights from the ImaStabil Project
Dr. Christoph Siedle, Division Grid, Power Electronics and Grid Integration, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Presentation · 20 min
Challenges for measurement technology after the blackout in Portugal/Spain. From measuring low-frequency oscillations to accurate active and reactive power measurement at high ROCOF, characterization of inverters in blackout scenarios, and requirements for measuring grid-forming inverters.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Bumiller
Presentation · 20 min
Grid stability with large-scale rollout of utilization monitoring in Schleswig-Holstein (SINA-SH): First results of the R&D project by FH Westküste with SH-Netz AG on curative grid operation to increase renewable hosting capacity in the high-voltage grid
Prof. Dr. Reiner Schütt, FH Westküste – Institute for Energy System Transformation, Grid Integration Working Group
Presentation · 20 min
Robust Stability Analysis of P-HIL in Power Converters Testing Under Asymmetrical Grid Faults (English)
Dr. Sante Pugliese, Post-Doc at Chair of Power Electronics, Kiel University
12:25 – 13:25
Lunch
Lunch Break & Networking
Joint lunch at Ingenieurwerk Hamburg.
13:25 – 14:25
Session III
Overbuilding of Grid Connection Points in Practice
Current research findings and pilots on grid-forming converters and system stability with high renewable feed-in.
Presentation · 20 min
Battery storage for the energy transition
Nam Truong, CEO and Co-Founder, STABL Energy GmbH (to be confirmed)
Presentation · 20 min
Current status of Hamburg's power grid and the use of battery storage in the city (TBC)
Dr. Davood Babazadeh, Grid Development – Digitalization & Grid, Hamburger Energienetze GmbH
Presentation · 20 min
How grid impedance measurements enable optimal grid utilization in practice
Christoph Klie, morEnergy GmbH, Department Innovations, Research and Development
14:25 – 14:40
Break
Break
14:40 – 16:00
Session IV
Beyond the Obvious
Technical, legal, and societal practice examples
Presentation · 20 min
Grid connection: challenges and current developments from a legal perspective
Sebastian Belz, LL.M., Attorney at Law | Counsel, CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB, Hamburg
Presentation · 20 min
Flexible Connection Agreements: Design, Challenges, and Impacts
Prof. Dr. David Echternacht, Professor of Electrical Grids and Energy Economics, Hochschule Düsseldorf
Presentation · 20 min
Capacity optimization using shared grid connections: the Port of Hamburg case
Andreas Stadler, Electrical Energy Systems, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Presentation · 20 min
Topic to be announced (TBC)
Dr. Johannes Brombach, Program Lead Strategic R&D E-Mobility, Shell Global Solutions (Deutschland) GmbH
16:00 – 16:45
Closing
Discussion Round
Open Q&A with speakers and summary.
16:45 – 19:15
Closing
Networking and Dinner
Dinner, informal discussions, and casual closing.

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