Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids

Ericson, Sean; Anderson, Kate; Engel-Cox, Jill; Jayaswal, Harshit; Arent, Doug

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2017.12.003

Title: Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

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

Publication Date:: 2018-02-05

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1456873

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-6A50-70586
Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Electricity Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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

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                    Ericson, Sean, Anderson, Kate, Engel-Cox, Jill, Jayaswal, Harshit, and Arent, Doug. Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Ericson, Sean, Anderson, Kate, Engel-Cox, Jill, Jayaswal, Harshit, & Arent, Doug. Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.12.003

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                    Ericson, Sean, Anderson, Kate, Engel-Cox, Jill, Jayaswal, Harshit, and Arent, Doug. Mon .  
"Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.12.003.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1456873.

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  title        = {Power couples: The synergy value of battery-generator hybrids},

  author       = {Ericson, Sean and Anderson, Kate and Engel-Cox, Jill and Jayaswal, Harshit and Arent, Doug},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.tej.2017.12.003},

  journal      = {Electricity Journal},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 31,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {2}

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