Environmentally friendly, stable and reliable energy supply from renewable sources is only possible with an efficient, sustainable and feasible storage technology.
Environmentally friendly, stable and reliable energy supply from renewable sources is only possible with an efficient, sustainable and feasible storage technology.
Innovative grid-scale energy storage technology for the energy transition –
ReneStor-M dedicates itself to solution of one of the most important challenges of the energy transition – the storage of energy from intermittent renewable sources.
The global renewable energy supply can be significantly improved, and existing technical challenges reduced through innovative, efficient and sustainable HDS energy storage technology.
Innovative grid-scale energy storage technology for the energy transition –
ReneStor-M dedicates itself to solution of one of the most important challenges of the energy transition – the storage of energy from intermittent renewable sources.
The global renewable energy supply can be significantly improved, and existing technical challenges reduced through innovative, efficient and sustainable HDS energy storage technology.
Renewable energy is generated by intermittent forces of nature: wind and sun are not available upon demand. This results in considerable energy surpluses and/or shortages during a day, week or month.
At home, the photovoltaic system can be connected to a battery, which can store excess energy as long as the sun is shining. Such residential energy storage will release the stored electricity later in time when it is required.
With large wind farms and gigantic solar systems generating electricity in megawatt scale, there is practically no means to store bulk amounts of electricity in an environmentally friendly, feasible and reliable way.
Vast amounts of excess energy cause considerable cost. By law, consumers have to pay for every kilowatt hour generated, even if not consumed. For times of renewable energy shortage, consumers subsidize conventional power plants – nuclear, coal, etc. – that stand still while sun and wind energy are available.
These challenges are growing exponentially with further integration of clean energy generation. With the share of renewable energy e.g. in Germany growing from current 40 % to targeted 80 % by 2050 the critical infrastructure of electricity supply faces a collapse.
The most wide-spread, reliable and feasible technology of storing bulk amounts of electrical energy is the so called pumped hydro storage. For many decades more than 95 percent of the world’s electricity is being stored this way.
In the context of the energy transition, this rigid centralized system has reached its limits due to its geographical dependence, massive environmental intervention, long distances from the generating plant and/or to the consumers, and – last but not least – its large capacity of hundreds of MWh as a prerequisite for profitability. Although with the expansion of renewable energy generation the need for energy storage is increasing exponentially, practically no more pumped storage facilities are likely to be built.
The most wide-spread, reliable and feasible technology of storing bulk amounts of electrical energy is the so called pumped hydro storage. For many decades more than 95 percent of the world’s electricity is being stored this way.
In the context of the energy transition, this rigid centralized system has reached its limits due to its geographical dependence, massive environmental intervention, long distances from the generating plant and/or to the consumers, and – last but not least – its large capacity of hundreds of MWh as a prerequisite for profitability. Although with the expansion of renewable energy generation the need for energy storage is increasing exponentially, practically no more pumped storage facilities are likely to be built.
Environmentally friendly, feasible and reliable energy supply from renewable sources is only possible with and efficient and sustainable storage technology.