In order to deploy renewables and to release their potential for ensuring a stable and secure energy supply, Europe needs to work to overcome the intrinsic limits of renewables. One solution to these challenges is Battery Energy Storage.
Increasing the use of renewables in the energy mix allows energy imports to be reduced, with clear benefits for Europe’s energy independence and security. The decarbonisation of the energy mix and reductions in overall CO2 emissions are other clear, positive outcomes of an increased use of Battery Energy Storage in Europe.
Currently, most installed batteries in Europe are designed to charge and discharge over relatively short time scales. By the end of 2023, the 16 GW of batteries operating across the EU could store about 23 GWh of power, meaning an average duration of about 1.5 hours if charging/discharging at full power.
The EU’s legislative and regulatory framework should guarantee a fair and technology-neutral competition between battery technologies. Several mature technologies are available today for Battery Energy Storage, but all technologies have considerable development potential.
As more renewables enter the mix, midday prices might fall to zero or even negative. On top of that, bricks and rocks are cheap — costing perhaps 15-20€/MWh compared with electro-chemical batteries at €150/MWh — and lose very little energy in the process. They are already competitive in Spain.
The next candidate for this coveted position is the heat-based battery for plants and factories. Such electro-thermal installations, variously made of rocks, bricks and other materials heated with an electric coil, aim to solve one of the energy transition’s largest and least talked-about problems.
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Re-Battery
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