Frontiers of energy storage

Will electric vehicles be the next storage frontier?

The next storage frontiers are transportation and the electricity grid, requiring storage of much greater power and energy at a lower cost. To transform transportation, electric vehicles must provide the same set of mobility services as their gasoline counterparts, but at lower economic, environmental and energy costs.

How did the government support energy storage?

These policies also provided economic support, including “financial support,” “encourage capital support” and so on. The government encouraged the application of large-scale energy storage systems through “smart grid,” “Internet +” “distributed” and “centralized” technologies.

Does energy storage have a strategic position?

The National Energy Administration promulgated the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting Energy Storage Technology and Industry Development (2017),” which first clarified the strategic position of energy storage. Since this policy was published, the number of energy storage policies has risen steadily (National Energy Administration, 2017).

What are the relevant policies for energy storage?

The relevant policies during this period were mainly about R&D on the power grids that incorporate energy storage technologies, and demonstration application of energy storage technologies in the field of renewable energy. These have laid a solid foundation for the development of energy storage.

What are the different types of energy storage?

Thermal energy storage 3. Electro-magnetic energy storage 4. Mechanical energy storage 5. Electrochemical energy storage (predominantly covered in the section Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Frontiers in Energy Research is member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Which technologies are suitable for energy storage services?

Energy storage can be provided by diverse technologies like pumped hydroelectric storage, sodium, thermal storage, etc., (Chen et al., 2009). The different characteristic of technologies determines whether they are suitable for certain energy storage services.