An Overview on Energy Storage Options for Renewable Energy Systems
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Abstract
Developing technology to store electrical energy so it can be available to meet demand whenever needed would represent a major breakthrough in electricity distribution. Helping to try and meet this goal, electricity storage devices can manage the amount of power required to supply customers at times when need is greatest, which is during peak load. This paper focuses on four storage technologies that can be used as storage for wind energy conversion system. For each storage technology, the advantages and disadvantages, costs involved, the efficiency, the energy density and some major break-through in technology are discussed.
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