IEA Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Programme

The International Energy Agency’s Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) brings together experts from industry, government and academic institutions to advance the research, development and commercialisation of energy technologies. (See https://www.iea.org/programmes/technology-collaboration-programme.)

The Energy Storage TCP has a mission to “facilitate integral research, development, implementation and integration of energy-storage technologies to optimise the energy efficiency of all kinds of energy system and to enable the increasing use of renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.” The membership includes a delegate and ‘alternate’ delegate from 21 countries, making up the Executive Committee. For the UK, Gill Davies from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) sits as the Delegate, supported by Dr Jonathan Radcliffe from the University of Birmingham (and a co-Investigator of the Energy Storage Supergen Network+). 

Please get in touch with Dr Jonathan Radcliffe ([email protected]) for more information. 

Stakeholder engagement

The UK National Team for the TCP is a network of UK experts from industry, third sector and academia, open to all, convened by the Alternate Delegate. The purpose is to disseminate information about the work of the TCP to national stakeholders, and to highlight opportunities for involvement in the TCP’s activities. 

There are at least annual meetings of the National Team, with email updates between ExCo meetings. Please contact Dr Radcliffe to be included in the National Team.

From previous National Team meetings:

• 29 June 2023 – presentations from Jonathan Radcliffe and Gill Davies at bottom of the page, recording of the meeting here https://clipchamp.com/watch/xmMK5mzy0hL)

• 29 June 2023 – online meeting for Task 42 on System flexibility from Medium-Duration Energy Storage, recorded here https://clipchamp.com/watch/xmMK5mzy0hL

TCP activities

Academic exchange platform

The TCP's academic exchange platform provides the opportunity to offer PhD and postdoc positions. https://iea-es.org/academic-exchange-platform/

Sign up for the newsletter at https://iea-es.org/ to receive updates directly from the TCP. 

Enerstock conference 2024

“Enerstock is a leading international conference on energy storage, addressing the latest developments in science, policies, and deployment. It is organized every three years by the IEA Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Programme and attended by hundreds of experts.”

Enerstock 2024 will be held in Lyon, 5−7 June 2024, see http://enerstock2024.org/

Important dates:

• 1 July 2023: Extended abstract submission open

• 1 December 2023: Extended abstract submission deadline

ES-OnSeminar 

The TCP organises webinars on energy storage, see https://iea-es.org/events/. 

Tasks

‘Tasks’ address particular aspects of the TCP’s mission, which are proposed and agreed through the Executive Committee. The tasks report back to the Executive Committee, but the TCP does not provide any direct financial support for them. As of July 2023, there are ten tasks in operation, listed below and noting any UK participants. 

See https://iea-es.org/tasks/ for information on each task. If you are interested in contributing to a task, please contact the relevant task leader directly via the contact form on the task webpage. Please also notify the UK Alternate Delegate, Dr Radcliffe, of your intended contribution to the task.