After explaining the importance and role of energy storage, they discuss the need for energy storage solutions with regard to providing electrical power, heat and fuel in light of the Energy Transition. The book’s main section presents various storage technologies in detail and weighs their respective advantages and disadvantages.
Starting with the essential significance and historical background of ESS, it explores distinct categories of ESS and their wide-ranging uses. Chapters discuss Thermal, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrochemical, and Electrical Energy Storage Systems, along with Hybrid Energy Storage.
A decentralised "green" energy supply system can be realised by a smart combination of wind, solar and/or bioenergy with efficient energy storage and effective energy recovery solutions.
IRENA estimates BESS to grow from a storage capacity of 11 GWh in 2017 to 100 GWh-412 GWh in 2030, which is expected to be evenly divided between front-of-the-meter (utility-scale) BESS and behind-the-meter BESS .