Principles of Energy Storage Systems

Contents: 1. Introduction (Electricity & Electrical Energy Storage). 2. Overview of Energy Storage Technologies. 3. Mechanical Energy Storage. 4. Electrochemical Energy Storage. 5. Electrical/Electromagnetic Energy Storage. 6. Chemical Energy Storage (Hydrogen and SNG). 7. Thermal Energy Storage. 8. Applications of Energy Storage. 9. Maturity and Status of Energy Storage Systems. Energy storage is central for the entire grid, improving resources from wind, solar and hydro to nuclear and fossil fuels, to demand side resources and system efficiency benefits. Energy storage can be performed as a generation, transmission, or distribution asset, and times in a single asset. Energy storage is an enabling technology. When the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing, energy storage can support. When demand shifts and baseload resources can't react quickly enough, again energy storage can support. It saves consumer cost, improves reliability and resilience, integrates generation sources, and helps reduce environmental impacts. This book discusses these aspects while comprehensively covering several energy storage technologies in operation and the ones under demonstration and development. Numerous references are cited for the reader to hunt for more details and if interested in research further. It serves as a text/reference book for students and as a manual for those in the industry and for policy makers.