Compressed Air Energy Storage : Types, Systems and Applications
ISBN: 9781839531965
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Institution of Engineering & Technology
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Engineering; Engineering: General;

The intermittency of renewable energy sources is making increased deployment of storage technology necessary. Technologies are needed with high round-trip efficiency and at low cost to allow renewables to undercut fossil fuels. The cost of lithium batteries has fallen, but producing them comes with a substantial carbon footprint, as well as a cost to the local environment.


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