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Crucial Role of Energy Storage in the Use of Renewable Energy
Corresponding Author(s) : Ying Jian Chen
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 26 No. 11 (2014): Vol 26 Issue 11
Abstract
In recent years, in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a lot of renewable energies (e.g., wind and solar energy) are being used. Nevertheless, exploitation of renewable energy sources, even when there is a good potential resource, may be problematic due to their variable and intermittent nature. At present, energy storage is a feasible way to solve such difficult problem. In this paper, we first discuss the purpose as well as the main types of energy storage, then some advantages of utilizing the thermal and electrical energy storage are reviewed with emphasizing their vital role in promoting the large-scale utilization of renewable energy. Finally, some future research and development demands are pointed out.
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International Energy Agency Report, Energy Technology Perspectives 2012-Pathways to a Clean Energy System,14 June 2012. See also http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/energy-technology-perspectives-2012_energy_tech-2012-en.
B. Droste-Franke, B.P. Paal, C. Rehtanz, D.U. Sauer, J.-P. Schneider, M. Schreurs and T. Ziesemer, Balancing Renewable Electricity: Energy Storage, Demand Side Management and Network Extension from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, Springer (2012).
F.S. Barnes and J.G. Levine, Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook, CRC Press (2011).
R. Zito, Practical Purposes of Energy Storage, in Energy Storage: A New Approach, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA (2010); doi:10.1002/9780470922330.ch4.
R.A. Huggins, Energy Storage, Springer (2010).
B. Sorensen and R.E. Conversion, Transmission and Storage, Academic Press (2007).
H.Ö. Paksoy, Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption: Fundamentals, Case Studies and Design (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry), Springer (2007).
I. Dincer, M. Rosen and T.E. Storage, Systems and Applications, Wiley, edn 2 (2010).
P. Denholm and M. Mehos, Enabling Greater Penetration of Solar Power via the Use of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage, NREL/TP-6A20-52978, Golden, Colorado (2011).
P. Denholm, E. Ela, B. Kirby and M. Milligan, The Role of Energy Storage with Renewable Electricity Generation, NREL/TP-6A2-47187, Golden, Colorado (2010).
C.-J. Yang and E. Williams, Energy Storage for Low-Carbon Electricity, Duke University Climate Change Policy Partnership, CCPP 09-tp3 (2009). See also http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ccpp/ccpp_pdfs/energy.storage.pdf.
D.L. McCollum, V. Krey and K. Riahi, Nat. Resour. Forum, 36, 215 (2012); doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2012.01459.x.