With assets maturing in Italy, Germany, Denmark, and other keynotes across Europe, the panel will explore how owners and
operators are navigating evolving grid demands, regulatory pressures, and performance expectations.

• What are the top operational pain points for battery assets in Italy, Germany, and Denmark today?
• How are owners addressing grid congestion, curtailment, and connection delays?
• What learnings can be applied across markets from first-of-a-kind projects now in operation?
• How are service life, degradation, and warranty issues being managed at scale?
• What does effective long-term asset performance management look like in different regulatory environments?

• How has the MACSE auction framework influenced Italy’s position as a leading European storage market?
• What lessons from Italy’s approach could benefit other European markets?
• How are developers managing technical considerations like degradation when bidding for different duration
  requirements?
• What strategies are international developers using to compete effectively in the Italian market?
• How is the regional focus on central and southern Italy affecting project development and social acceptance?
• What improvements could be made to the auction design for future rounds?

Asset owners are learning firsthand how technical standards, failure modes, and operational risks vary dramatically from market
to market. In this session, three industry leaders a technology provider (OEM), an asset operator/optimizer, and an investor will
each deliver focused 10-minute case studies addressing specific operational challenges they’ve encountered in European
markets such as Germany, Italy, the UK, France, and Spain.
These short, high-impact talks will examine the real-world consequences of divergent technical standards, country-specific
warranty issues, performance testing methodologies, and evolving supply chain constraints. Learn how different players are
conducting technical due diligence and mitigating failures in both new builds and operational fleets.
The session concludes with a 30-minute panel discussion and live audience Q&A, providing practical insights for developers,
asset managers, and investors managing or acquiring BESS assets across Europe.

• Approaches to technical due diligence pre-construction
• Managing supplier risk amid shifting component reliability
• Contractual safeguards developers are building into asset delivery
• Real-world examples of operational issues (e.g. inverter failures, thermal issues, underperformance)
• Performance testing protocols and which have proven most reliable
• Mitigating delays and risk from spare parts shortages

• How can operators effectively balance competing revenue opportunities between energy arbitrage, grid services, and
  renewable firming?
• What software solutions are proving most effective for optimizing multiple value streams from hybrid assets?
• What are the key considerations when selecting battery technologies to pair with specific renewable generation assets?
• How are control systems evolving to manage the complexity of hybrid installations?
• What lessons have been learned from early hybrid deployments regarding system integration challenges?
• What are the key considerations when selecting battery technologies to pair with specific renewable generation assets?
• How are control systems evolving to manage the complexity of hybrid installations?
• What lessons have been learned from early hybrid deployments regarding system integration challenges?

• How are safety regulations evolving differently across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and Poland?
• How are insurance requirements changing in response to safety concerns, and how does this vary by market?
• What technical innovations are most promising for preventing thermal runaway events?
• How should safety considerations be balanced against cost and performance in system design?
• What best practices for safety training and emergency response are emerging across different European markets?

This interactive technical workshop is designed for battery developers, operators, OEMs, and EPCs navigating the complex
challenges of designing and optimizing battery energy storage systems across Europe’s diverse regulatory and grid environments.
Rather than a traditional panel, this will be a participatory strategy session combining structured brainstorming, Slido polls, and
facilitated discussion to generate collective insights from both speakers and attendees.
Attendees will be grouped and guided through key questions covering battery architecture, BMS innovation, system integration,
and maintenance strategies. The workshop is ideal for those who want to share practical experiences, benchmark design
strategies, and gain a more hands-on understanding of optimization techniques in a multi-market context.

How It Will Run on The Day:
• Live Slido Polling: Gauge audience challenges and priorities at the start
Information Classification: General
• Guided Brainstorming: Short facilitator-led deep dives into each of the key challenge areas below
• Interactive Feedback Rounds: Participants share solutions and experiences in real time
• Live Knowledge Capture: Key takeaways captured and displayed to guide closing reflections

As grid congestion intensifies across Europe, TSOs are under growing pressure to unlock more capacity for new and existing
connections- especially for large, flexible energy assets like batteries. In this session, TenneT will present its new Time Dependent Transport Rights (TDTR) contract, a breakthrough solution to help manage capacity constraints on the Dutch high voltage grid.
Launched under the National Action Plan on Grid Congestion (LAN) and going live operationally from 1 October 2025, TDTR
introduces a new, flexible access model that allows users to connect to the grid with guaranteed availability for at least 85% of
the year, while accepting partial restrictions during peak grid stress (up to 15% of the time, notified one day in advance). This
approach makes much better use of off-peak hours and introduces significant opportunities for flexible storage operators to
participate in the grid at lower cost.

With 9 GW of available capacity identified for TDTR, this mechanism represents a major step toward relieving grid congestion
and integrating more distributed and renewable assets into the system.

• Why TDTR was developed and how it fits into the Dutch congestion relief strategy
  How the flexible contract structure works in practice
  Insights into off-peak utilization, restriction mechanisms, and grid tariff discounts
  What the 2025 rollout means for battery storage, industrial demand, and flexible generators
  How market parties helped shape the product, and what ongoing stakeholder engagement looks like

The focus is on practical, day-to-day challenges, lessons learned, and hands-on insights that aren’t typically shared in formal
presentations.

• Responding to underperformance issues and equipment failures
• Managing asset degradation and optimizing for lifetime performance
• Lessons on SCADA, EMS, and BMS interoperability
• Handling supply chain delays and spare part procurement
• Navigating regulatory or grid-related issues specific to countries like Germany, Italy, and the UK
• Insights into dispatch strategy, revenue optimization, and performance guarantees

• How significant is the gap between warranted performance and actual field data across different battery chemistries
  and applications?
• What financial modelling approaches can better account for the mismatch between conservative warranties and actual
  performance?
• How are cycle limits in warranties affecting operational strategies and revenue optimization?
• What alternative warranty structures could better serve both manufacturers and operators in today’s market?
• How should declining battery prices factor into warranty considerations and replacement economics?
• What data sharing and transparency practices would support more accurate warranty modelling?
• How are insurance products evolving to complement or replace traditional manufacturer warranties?
• What lessons from mature BESS markets can inform warranty approaches in emerging markets?

• How do construction approaches for battery storage assets differ across these five markets, and what impact does this
  have on long-term asset management?
• What specialized EPC capabilities are essential for optimizing battery asset performance from the construction phase
  onward?
• How are supply chain decisions during procurement affecting the operational flexibility and revenue potential of battery
  assets?
• How are developers selecting battery technologies with optimal asset management characteristics for different market
  applications?
• What lessons from early battery deployments are informing better construction practices for enhanced asset
  management?

• How revenue stacking opportunities are evolving across the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, and France
• Finding the right balance between merchant exposure and contracted revenues
• Expected evolution of debt terms, lender appetite, and financing structures in 2025–2027
• Tactics for maximizing return on investment while managing technical and market constraints

• How are battery operators using AI to forecast market prices and optimize bidding strategies?
• How can battery operators prepare their organizations to effectively adopt and implement advanced AI solutions?
• What data infrastructure is required to effectively implement AI solutions for battery asset management?
• How can simulation technologies help extend battery lifetime while maximizing economic returns?
• How are operators quantifying the ROI of implementing AI-based predictive maintenance systems?

• How will the five key markets evolve over the next 3-5 years?
• What technological innovations will have the greatest impact on battery economics?
• How will revenue streams and business models evolve as markets mature?
• What role will long-duration storage play in each market?
• How will increasing competition affect project returns and investment strategies?
• What new market entrants are likely to disrupt the current landscape?