Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids

Journal Article · 04 February 2018 · Electricity Journal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.12.003 · OSTI ID:1456873

Ericson, Sean ^[1]; Anderson, Kate ^[1]; Engel-Cox, Jill ^[1]; Jayaswal, Harshit ^[1]; Arent, Doug ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Battery hybrids - a battery system paired operationally with a generation system - can often provide more value than the individual systems alone. We identify and describe eight value streams that battery hybrids can provide. Additionally, we identify the trends of increasing renewable energy, demand for resilience, need for flexibility, and the increasing economics of hybrid systems of standalone diesel generation as supporting increased battery hybridization in the future.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1456873
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--6A50-70586
• Journal Information: Electricity Journal, Journal Name: Electricity Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 31; ISSN 1040-6190
• Publisher: ElsevierCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
battery hybrid
battery hybridization
battery storage
electricity markets
hybrid systems
renewable energy
synergy value