Where is the bottleneck of energy storage

Is grid interconnection still a bottleneck?

“It is promising to see the unprecedented interest and investment in new energy and storage development across the U.S., but the latest queue data also affirm that grid interconnection remains a persistent bottleneck,” said Joseph Rand, an Energy Policy Researcher at Berkeley Lab, and lead author of the study.

How would a distributed energy storage system respond to load trends?

However, a distributed generation and storage system would have limited capacity to respond in real time and in a coordinated fashion to larger-scale load trends; hence, a preferred approach would be the combination of distributed energy storage technologies with a centrally directed decision system.

Why is energy storage important?

Energy storage is particularly well-suited to provide needed reliability services and is surging in interconnection queues nationwide.

Why is energy storage important in a decarbonized energy system?

In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity flowing when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing — when generation from these VRE resources is low or demand is high.

Should energy storage technologies be regulated?

However, with the ongoing rise of storage and smart grid technologies, there is an urgent need to reform electricity regulation and rules in most jurisdictions to adapt to the technological innovation. In brief, the issue raised by energy storage technologies is that of “regulatory adaptation to technological change.

What is the future of energy storage?

“The Future of Energy Storage,” a new multidisciplinary report from the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), urges government investment in sophisticated analytical tools for planning, operation, and regulation of electricity systems in order to deploy and use storage efficiently.