Energy storage technologies and real life applications – A state of the art review

Mathew Aneke and Meihong Wang

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 179, issue C, 350-377

Abstract: Energy storage is nowadays recognised as a key element in modern energy supply chain. This is mainly because it can enhance grid stability, increase penetration of renewable energy resources, improve the efficiency of energy systems, conserve fossil energy resources and reduce environmental impact of energy generation. Although there are many energy storage technologies already reviewed in the literature, these technologies are currently at different levels of technological maturity with a few already proven for commercial scale application. Most of the review papers in energy storage highlight these technologies in details, however; there remains limited information on the real life application of these technologies for energy storage purpose. This review paper aims to address this gap by providing a detailed analysis of real life application and performance of the different energy storage technologies. The paper discusses the concept of energy storage, the different technologies for the storage of energy with more emphasis on the storage of secondary forms of energy (electricity and heat) as well as a detailed analysis of various energy storage projects all over the world. In the final part of this paper, some of the challenges hindering the commercial deployment of energy storage technologies are also highlighted.

Keywords: Energy storage; Primary energy storage; Secondary energy storage; Electrical energy storage; Thermal energy storage; Application of energy storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.097

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