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Which energy storage technologies can be used in a distributed network?

Battery, flywheel energy storage, super capacitor, and superconducting magnetic energy storage are technically feasible for use in distribution networks. With an energy density of 620 kWh/m3, Li-ion batteries appear to be highly capable technologies for enhanced energy storage implementation in the built environment.

What are emerging energy storage technologies?

Several emerging energy-storage technologies are conducive to being used at the customer level. These technologies represent significant opportunities for grid optimization, such as load leveling, peak shaving, and voltage control to increase reliability and resilience.

Which energy storage technologies are most promising in the energy transition?

Specifically in the case of the energy transition, requiring seasonal energy storage, as this paper showed, besides PHS, a mature technology, the following technologies are very promising: Innovative CAES, P2G, P2L and Solar-to-Fuel.

Is energy storage considered a demand response?

The challenge in identifying emerging energy-storage technologies is that there sometimes is not a clear delineation between energy storage and demand response.

Which technologies can provide large-scale seasonal energy storage?

Besides the abovementioned technologies, mainly mechanical energy storage technologies, another technology group can help to provide large-scale seasonal storage: chemical energy storage technologies, including P2G, P2L and Solar-to-Fuels.

Why are energy-storage devices less efficient?

Energy-storage devices used for load shaping are inherently less efficient than their non-storage equivalents because of energy losses. However, their ability to change the timing of energy consumption may provide benefits that outweigh this lower efficiency.