Overview

While solar is the fastest-growing energy source in the world, key concerns around solar power’s inherent variability threaten to de-rail that scale-up . Currently, integration of intermittent solar resources into the grid creates added complication to load management, leading some utilities to reject it altogether, while other operators may penalize the producers via rate increases or force solar developers to include storage devices on-site to smooth out power delivery at the point of production. However these efforts at mitigation unfold, it is increasingly clear to parties on all sides that energy storage will be pivotally important in the drive to boost the integration of variable renewable sources into power infrastructures across the globe. Thoughtfully implemented storage technologies can reduce peak demand, improve day-to-day reliability, provide emergency power in case of interrupted generation, reduce consumer and utility costs by easing load balance challenges, decrease emissions, and increase the amount of distributed and renewable energy that makes it into the grid. While energy storage has long been an area of concern for scientists and engineers, there has been no comprehensive single text covering the storage methods available to solar power producers, which leaves a lamentable gap in the literature core to this important field. Solar Energy Storage aims to become the authoritative work on the topic, incorporating contributions from an internationally recognized group of top authors from both industry and academia, focused on providing information from underlying scientific fundamentals to practical applications, and emphasizing the latest technological developments driving this discipline forward.

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Author:   Bent Sorensen (Professor, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark; Independent Consultant, NOVATOR Advanced Technology Consulting, Denmark)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780124095403

ISBN 10:   0124095402
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   22 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction and overviewBent Sørensen Part 1. Solar energy storage options2. Solar electric energy storageYulong Ding, Yongliang Li, Chuanping Liu, Ze Sun3. Innovative systems for storage of thermal solar energy in buildingsLingai Luo, Nolwenn le Pierrès4. Assessment of electrical storage systemsF. Rahman, M. Baseer, S. Rehman5. Storage of solar thermal energy with consideration of geographical and climatic boundary conditionsRoman Marx6. Sorption heat storageH. A. Zondag7. Energetic complementarity: hydropower and the possibilities of energy storage in batteries and water reservoirsAlexandre Beluco, Paulo de Souza, Flávio Livi, Johann Caux8. Revitalization of hydro energy: A new approach to storage of solar energyZvonimir Glasnovic, Karmen Margeta Part 2. Economic assessment of solar storage9. Photovoltaics and storage plants: Efficient capacities in a system viewBenjamin Böcker, Bjarne Steffen, Christoph Weber10. Economics of solar PV systems with storage, in main grid and mini-grid settingsIain MacGill, Muriel WattEnvironmental and social impacts11.Environmental issues associated with solar electric and thermal systems with storageBent Sørensen12.Consumer perceptions of PV systems with energy storageNaoye Abe, Junichiro Ishio, Teppei Katatani, Toshihiro Mukai Part 3. Special case studies13.Photovoltaic energy storage system for remote small islandsJ. Kaldellis14.Solar thermal energy storage for solar cookersAshmore Mawire15.Isolated and mini-grid solar PV systems: Alternative solutions for providing electricity access in remote areas: Case study from NepalBrijesh Mainali, Ram Dhital

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...a state-of-the-art description and discussion of the energy storage issues relevant for most solar energy systems... One of the two areas of application for solar energy storage systems handles the obvious day-to-night storage requirement and the other is seasonal energy storage... --Power Electronics, Solar Energy Storage

...a state-of-the-art description and discussion of the energy storage issues relevant for most solar energy systems... One of the two areas of application for solar energy storage systems handles the obvious day-to-night storage requirement and the other is seasonal energy storage... --Power Electronics

Author Information

Bent Sørensen is professor emeritus in physics at Roskilde University, Denmark). He has held academic positions at University of California in Berkeley, Yale University, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden (US), Kyoto University (Japan), University of Grenoble (France) and University of New South Wales (Australia) and served as advisor for the OECD, the Japanese and Australian governments, and various UN agencies, including as lead author the IPCC working group on climate change mitigation. He has published nearly 1000 scientific articles and many books, including two volumes on hydrogen and fuel cells. He served as chairman of the Danish Energy Agency’s Solar Energy and Hydrogen Energy Committees, and received prizes such as the Australian-European Award for Eminent Scholars (1982) and the European Solar Prize (2002).

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