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What is the future of energy storage?

Storage enables electricity systems to remain in balance despite variations in wind and solar availability, allowing for cost-effective deep decarbonization while maintaining reliability. The Future of Energy Storage report is an essential analysis of this key component in decarbonizing our energy infrastructure and combating climate change.

What role does energy storage play in the transport sector?

In the transport sector, the increasing electrification of road transport through plug-in hybrids and, most importantly, battery electric vehicles leads to a massive rise in battery demand. Energy storage, in particular battery energy storage, is projected to play an increasingly important role in the electricity sector.

Where will energy storage be deployed?

energy storage technologies. Modeling for this study suggests that energy storage will be deployed predomi-nantly at the transmission level, with important additional applications within rban distribu-tion networks. Overall economic growth and, notably, the rapid adoption of air conditioning will be the chief drivers

How will the energy sector change over the next two decades?

The energy sector’s share is projected to increase significantly over the next two decades: electric vehicles and stationary battery energy storage systems have already outclassed consumer electronics as the largest consumer of lithium and are projected to overtake stainless steel production as the largest consumer of nickel by 2040 ( , p. 5).

Which countries are promoting storage?

China leads largely due to top-down compulsory requirements to pair storage with utility-scale wind and solar. Other markets have also set new policies to promote storage. South Korea will hold an auction for storage to reduce renewable curtailment and published a new policy to revive its commercial storage sector.

Should governments consider energy storage?

In the electricity sector, governments should consider energy storage, alongside other flexibility options such as demand response, power plant retrofits, or smart grids, as part of their long-term strategic plans, aligned with wind and solar PV capacity as well as grid capacity expansion plans.