Energy Storage for Smart Grids - by Pengwei Du & Ning Lu (Hardcover)

About the Book

"First and foremost, both editors acknowledge Elsevier for being given this great opportunity to publish a book on energy storage applications for smart grids. Energy storage is one aspect of smart grid revolution that it is taking place in all areas of electric power systems. Application of advanced storage technologies presents many great opportunities. These include: - Shaving peak demand, which makes more efficient use of the transmission and distribution systems - Facilitating maintenance of aging grid infrastructure and potentially deferring the need for future system improvements - Competitively hedging or reducing energy, capacity and ancillary service costs to load customers (or improving revenues to owners of supply portfolios or storage devices) - Improving environmental performance through the use of quick start low emitting resources - Assisting the successful integration of variable renewable resources by providing load following, frequency control, operating reserves, and voltage support"--

Book Synopsis

Energy storage is a main component of any holistic consideration of smart grids, particularly when incorporating power derived from variable, distributed and renewable energy resources. Energy Storage for Smart Grids delves into detailed coverage of the entire spectrum of available and emerging storage technologies, presented in the context of economic and practical considerations.

Featuring the latest research findings from the world's foremost energy storage experts, complete with data analysis, field tests, and simulation results, this book helps device manufacturers develop robust business cases for the inclusion of storage in grid applications. It also provides the comparisons and explanations grid planners and operators need to make informed decisions about which storage solutions will be most successful when implemented in operational grids.

Review Quotes

"...gives a comprehensive overview of every type of storage, from flywheels and hydrogen to supercapacitors, and discusses the most suitable applications for each storage type." --Real Power