Costs of deployment of lithium based energy storage systems have come down drastically in the past years and its technology has matured significantly. When using Li-ion batteries the energy demand and supply should always be balanced. Income drivers for Li-ion systems range from increase of self-consumption over peak shaving and shifting to grid stabilization, emergency power supply to grid enablement and cost avoiding for grid enhancements.
Winfried Wahl, RRC power solutions GmbH on behalf of Texim Europe