Parking the power: Strategies and physical limitations for bulk energy storage in supply-demand matching on a grid whose input power is provided by intermittent sources

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1934-1945

  Pickard, William F ^a   Shen, Amy Q ^b   Hansing, Nicholas J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Batteries; Compressed air energy storage; Energy storage; Flywheels; Fuel cells; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Ultracapacitors; Underground pumped hydro

Indexed keywords

BATTERIES; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE; ULTRACAPACITORS; UNDERGROUND PUMPED HYDRO;

CAISSONS; CAPACITORS; CELL MEMBRANES; COLD STORAGE; COMPETITION; COMPRESSED AIR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; MAGNETIC STORAGE; PNEUMATICS; PRESSURE VESSELS; ROTORS; SUN; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WHEELS; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 67650792930     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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