Toward understanding the complexity of long-duration energy storage siting in high renewable power grids

Cole, David L.; Dalvi, Sourabh; Zavala, Victor M.; Guerra, Omar J.

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.112571

Toward understanding the complexity of long-duration energy storage siting in high renewable power grids

Journal Article · Fri May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · iScience

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112571· OSTI ID:2564494

^[1]; Dalvi, Sourabh ^[2]; Zavala, Victor M. ^[3]; ^[2]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) devices are not yet widely installed in existing power systems but are expected to play a significant role in high variable-renewable energy grids. Siting LDES devices is complex and can significantly impact system cost, but the factors influencing optimal LDES device placement are not fully understood. We consider the optimal placement of an LDES device in two different power systems with varied system configurations. We analyze the impact of VRE concentration and location, load location, other storage device locations, and transmission availability using production cost models. We find that all of these factors influence optimal LDES siting, and no single metric considered was able to consistently identify optimal placement. Further, we found that LDES placement in the grid can have impacts that propagate throughout the grid (e.g., increasing curtailment in certain areas while decreasing it in others), and we propose several areas of future work.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2564494

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2573866

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--6A40-90692

Journal Information:: iScience, Journal Name: iScience Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 28; ISSN 2589-0042

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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