Maintaining Balance: The Increasing Role of Energy Storage for Renewable Integration

Journal Article · Tue Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · IEEE Power & Energy Magazine

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2017.2729098· OSTI ID:1429811

Stenclik, Derek ^[1]; Denholm, Paul ^[2]; Chalamala, Babu ^[3]

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1. GE Energy Consulting, Schenectady, NY (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

For nearly a century, global power systems have focused on three key functions: to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity as a real-time commodity. Physics requires that electricity generation always be in real-time balance with load, despite variability in load on timescales ranging from sub-second disturbances to multi-year trends. With the increasing role of variable generation from wind and solar, retirements of fossil fuel-based generation, and a changing consumer demand profile, grid operators are using new methods to maintain this balance.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1429811
• Report Number(s): SAND-2017-7835J; 655624
• Journal Information: IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Vol. 15, Issue 6; ISSN 1540-7977
• Publisher: IEEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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