

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lunch and Learn - Peak Grid Load and Battery Energy Storage
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: CAFES, in partnership with Invest Ottawa, welcomes you to join us for a Lunch and Learn at Bayview Yards: Ottawa's Innovation Centre! You'll learn from experts in the field about how electricity grids are built around peak demand and how battery energy storage systems (BESS) are increasingly used by utilities and large energy users to manage peak load, improve resilience, enable electrification and local economic development.Register here (FREE) https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-and-learn-peak-grid-load-and-battery-energy-storage-tickets-1980475940852 What you can expect from attending this event:Increased knowledge and awareness of the energy transition and grid evolution, including the rapid global adoption of BESS.Discussions based on evidence and practical experience to reduce fear and misinformation about BESS.Learning about peak load; why it drives grid investment and constraints; explore Ottawa’s “end-of-the-line” grid context, how capacity and peak load management can constrain local economic development, and more.Hearing about local solutions including BESS, efficiency, and demand management.Learn how AI-enabled smart EV charging and BESS can work together to reduce peak demand, integrate renewable energy, and support a more resilient grid without costly upgrades.A chance to meet and network with subject matter experts and others working across a range of BESS topics in Ottawa.Program11:00 AM -12:00 PM Invest Ottawa Mini Clean-tech exhibition/networking12:00 PM -12:30 PM Lunch (vegetarian buffet)12:30 PM – 2:00PM Keynote, moderated panel discussion and audience Q&amp;ASpeakers Michael Barnard (joining us virtually), founder and Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy IncProfessor Kristen Schell, Carleton University, Mechanical &amp; Aerospace EngineeringDevashish Paul, Chief Executive Officer, BlueWave-AIAngela Keller-Herzog, Executiver Director, CAFES (Moderator)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/lunch-and-learn-peak-grid-load-and-battery-energy-storage/80001267047577
- **Event Categories**: Business, Exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flunch-and-learn-peak-grid-load-and-battery-energy-storage-tickets-1980475940852

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ottawa
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Cours Bayview Yards
- **lat**: 45.4094749
- **long**: -75.727683
- **full address**: Cours Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Station Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 8
- **organizer**: CAFES Ottawa (https://allevents.in/org/cafes-ottawa/27388499)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cours Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Station Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** CAFES Ottawa
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Business, Exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lunch and Learn - Peak Grid Load and Battery Energy Storage ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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