Battery benefits and the future of energy storage

摘要

Energy storage isn't just for those rechargeable household AA batteries. Improved methods of storing and distributing energy from the energy grid could dramatically improve the way the world accesses power. In fact, using batteries to store energy on a large scale could help create a more economic and environmentally-friendly energy grid. Here, Jiirgen Resch, energy industry manager at energy grid software provider, Copa-Data, explains... Today's electricity grid has virtually no method of storing excess energy. The minimal facilities that do exist typically use pumped hydropower, a method of pumping water uphill into a reservoir when excess electricity is available. As the water then flows back down hill, electricity is generated. However, these systems are not sophisticated enough to manage today's ever-growing and everevolving grid.