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Launch of the EASAC policy report on 鈥淰aluing Dedicated Storage in Electricity Grids鈥�
Published: 22 June 2017
The article below provides insights from Dr. Mark O'Malley, an ICUF Visiting Professor with 91社区's Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (). Dr. O'Malley (from University College Dublin) coordinated the 聽recently released聽.
Storage 鈥榥ot fundamentally needed鈥� for future power grid, scientists say
Euractiv | June 20, 2017 |聽叠测听听触听
The emergence of household batteries, along聽with small-scale solar photovoltaic and plug-in electric cars,聽is slated to transform electricity storage, according to a new state-of-the-art report by European science academies. But experts claim storage is not actually fundamentally needed.
鈥淪torage is widely acknowledged today as an expensive option, but its costs are falling and its value is improving,鈥� said聽, published on Monday (19 June).
The report takes stock of the latest scientific evidence on the use of storage in electricity grids and highlights what policymakers can do to boost grid-connected storage in the future.