EESAT 2026 - The Future of Energy Storage

From January 5 to 6, Tucson was the meeting place for the international energy storage community. At the 14th IEEE Conference on Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT), the latest advances and challenges for the sustainable use of storage systems were discussed. The spectrum of topics was broad and ranged from new battery designs to hydrogen and pumped storage to mechanical solutions such as flywheel and compressed air storage. We are pleased that our Chair was represented with current results from the DEMIKS and DEMIKS2 projects.

Our colleague Martin Zschau presented our paper entitled: "Analysis of a Large-scale Flywheel Energy Storage System with a Focus on Power Loss Assessment". In our work, we investigate the loss mechanisms of large-scale flywheel storage systems. As this technology plays an important role in grid stability, a precise analysis of the efficiency is crucial in order to make the systems fit for practical use in the energy transition.

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