An Overview of Energy Storage Technologies

Introduction

Energy storage plays an important role in the wide-scale adoption of intermittent renewable energy technologies. An economical application of energy storage technologies will provide the flexibility to use renewable power during required periods and increase the reliability of the renewable power supply. The global energy storage capacity stands at 1,27,866 MW, and pumped hydro accounts for 99.32% of the total capacity. The research focus area for energy storage systems remains improving the overall economics and efficiency of the system.

Scope

Its scope includes -
- Significance of energy storage technologies in the power market.
- Analysis on different types of energy storage devices
- Overview on the energy storage market

Highlights

Reasons to buy

- The report provides the global installed capacity for energy storage, cost and efficiency comparison, Power subsystem and energy storage subsystem cost, and technical comparison for energy storage technologies.
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1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 1
1.1 List of Tables 1
1.2 List of Figures 1
2 Summary 1
3 An Overview of Energy Storage Technologies 1
3.1 Introduction to Energy Storage 1
3.2 Global Installed Capacity 2
3.3 Energy Storage Cost and Efficiency Comparison 2
3.4 Technical Comparison of Energy Storage Technologies 3
3.5 Emerging Energy Storage Technologies 4
3.6 Energy Storage Markets Outlook 4
4 Appendix 5
4.1 Abbreviations 5
4.2 Methodology 5
4.2.1 Coverage 5
4.2.2 Secondary Research 5
4.2.3 Primary Research 5
4.2.4 Modeling and Forecasting 6
4.3 Contact Us 6
4.4 Disclaimer 6
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1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Global Installed Capacity for Energy Storage Technologies, 2011 2
Table 2: Efficiency and Power Subsystem Cost By Energy Storage Technologies 3
Table 3: Comparison of Power Subsystem Cost Vs Energy Storage Subsystem Cost 3
Table 4: Technical Comparison of Energy Storage Technologies 4
Table 5: Abbreviations 5
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: New Electricity Value Chain with Energy Storage as the "Sixth Dimension" 1
Figure 2: Global Installed Capacity For Energy Storage Technologies, 2011 2
Figure 3: Efficiency and Power Subsystem Cost By Energy Storage Technologies 2
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