Electrochemical Energy Storage for Renewable Sources and Grid Balancing

Describes the scientific and engineering development of electrochemical storage systems (batteries, supercapacitors, and hydrogen/fuel cells) for storing renewable electricity and for grid-balancing to optimize the use of the grid

Patrick T. Moseley (Edited by), Jürgen Garche (Edited by)

9780444626165, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 23 October 2014

492 pages, 140 illustrations
27.8 x 21.5 x 3 cm, 1.37 kg

Electricity from renewable sources of energy is plagued by fluctuations (due to variations in wind strength or the intensity of insolation) resulting in a lack of stability if the energy supplied from such sources is used in ‘real time’. An important solution to this problem is to store the energy electrochemically (in a secondary battery or in hydrogen and its derivatives) and to make use of it in a controlled fashion at some time after it has been initially gathered and stored. Electrochemical battery storage systems are the major technologies for decentralized storage systems and hydrogen is the only solution for long-term storage systems to provide energy during extended periods of low wind speeds or solar insolation. Future electricity grid design has to include storage systems as a major component for grid stability and for security of supply. The technology of systems designed to achieve this regulation of the supply of renewable energy, and a survey of the markets that they will serve, is the subject of this book. It includes economic aspects to guide the development of technology in the right direction.

Introduction – Renewable energies, markets and storage technology classification 1. Renewable Energies for power generation – Technologies, potentials, needs for balancing power 2. Classification of technologies for balancing power in grids 3. Challenges for the power supply systems – grid restrictions, demand side management, conventional power plant operation 4. Existing markets and operation profiles for grid connected storage systems – Primary control, secondary control, minute reserve, energy trading, power plant scheduling, UPS systems, self-consumption 5. Existing markets for storage systems in off-grid applications 6. Review on the need of storage capacities depending on the share of renewable energies

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Energy conversion & storage [THRH], Materials science [TGM], Chemical engineering [TDCB]