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This week, Lesson 10 continues the topic of energy storage – here we will try to identify the key issues related to the storage scale-up, when very large quantities of energy need to be stored for a relatively long period of time. In this lesson you will review the key metrics that help us compare different storage options and will apply those metrics in a storage sizing problem. This short, but useful exercise allows you to bring your understanding of battery parameters in a practical plane.
The discussion in this lesson is dedicated to the case study of PV+storage system operating in Hawaii – there are some good lessons to learn from the emergency situations on the Kauai Island demonstrating the ability of battery arrays to respond to blackouts.
Readings
Tesla's Hornsdale Power Reserve in Australia:
- Hornsdale Power Reserve(link is external)
- Hornsdale Power Reserve Overview(link is external)
- Tesla Beats Deadline, Switches on Gigantic Australian Battery Array(link is external)
- Tesla's Massive Powerpack Battery in Australia Cost $66 Million and Already Made up to ~$17 million(link is external)
AES Case Studies of Stationary Storage:
Angamos Storage Array:
Web article: Roselund, C., The Birth of the Solar+Storage Peaker(link is external), pv magazine, January 8, 2019
Journal article: Gramling, C., The Search for New Geologic Sources of Lithium could Power a Clean Future(link is external), Science News, Vol. 195, No. 9, May 11, 2019, p. 40.
USGS Report: Mineral Commodity Summaries: Lithium, 2019
Website: Check out this website for more information on Li mining(link is external) and extraction, methods, and major impacts in various regions of the World.