Summary:
The articles in this special section focus on the technologies that will support future energy storage systems. In modern power systems, we are transitioning to an increasing penetration of massive low-cost wind and solar generation, which will require indispensable system flexibility for balancing requirements to maintain system performance. The existing actors have limited technical capabilities to provide the needed flexibility, and new alternatives are required. The flexibility providers are diverse and being assessed extensively, with a clear sense of urgency.
Keywords: Special issues and sections, Energy storage, Renewable energy sources, Batteries, Electricity supply industry, Microgrids, Power generation
JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 2,689 - Q1 (2017); 3,100 - Q2 (2023)
DOI reference:
https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2017.2708810
Published on paper: September 2017.
Published on-line: August 2017.
Citation:
H. Rudnick, L.A. Barroso, Flexibility needed: challenges for future energy storage systems [Guest editorial]. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. Vol. 15, nº. 5, pp. 12 - 19, September 2017. [Online: August 2017]
