The United States of storage [electric energy storage]

Author

Gyuk, Imre ; Kulkarni, Pramod ; Sayer, Joseph H. ; Boyes, John D. ; Corey, Garth P. ; Peek, Georgianne H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energy, Energy Storage Res. Program, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The collaboration between the states and the DOE´s Energy Storage Research Program is proving to be an outstanding success. The selected projects show a good portfolio of advanced energy storage media: a ZnBr flow battery, the NaS battery, supercapacitors, and flywheels. The applications are equally varied: mitigation of substation congestion, grid frequency control, load management, and stabilization of a microgrid. The goal of these partnerships with the states is to demonstrate electric energy storage as a technically viable, cost-effective, and broadly applicable option for increasing the reliability of the electricity system and for electric energy management.

Keywords

cells (electric); flywheels; power markets; power system economics; power system reliability; supercapacitors; electric energy management; electric energy storage; electricity system reliability; energy storage media; flywheel; supercapacitor; Batteries; Collaboration; Energy management; Energy storage; Flywheels; Frequency control; Load management; Portfolios; Substations; Supercapacitors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1540-7977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPAE.2005.1405868

Filename

1405868