Photovoltaic energy storage cloud

What is cloud energy storage?

Cloud energy storage (CES) in the power systems is a novel idea for the consumers to get rid of the expensive distributed energy storages (DESs) and to move to using a cloud service centre as a virtual capacity.

Is energy storage a luxury?

Energy storage technology is recognized as an underpinning technology to have great potential in coping with a high proportion of renewable power integration and decarbonizing power system. However, the costs of energy storage facilities remain high-level and it makes energy storage a luxury in many application fields.

Is energy storage system a viable solution for high-proportion renewable power integration?

Energy Storage System (ESS) has flexible bidirectional power regulation capabilities and has provided an effective means to address the challenges of high-proportion renewable power integration. However, hindered by many factors, the large-scale development and application of ESS still face many bottlenecks.

Which energy storage utilization model is best for power plants?

Compared with the traditional self-built energy storage utilization model, the CES model provides a cheaper solution for the power plants, as there is normally complementarity among energy storage utilization demands of different power plants.

Is a heterogeneous cloud energy storage system economically feasible?

The economic feasibility of a heterogeneous cloud energy storage (HCES) system is investigated in [ 44 ]. The HCES uses four types of batteries known as Lead-acid, Lithium-ion, Sodium Sulphur, and Redox flow technologies.

What is cloud energy storage (CES)?

Based on the combination of sharing economy and electric energy storage technology, Kang et al. proposed the concept of Cloud Energy Storage (CES) in 2017 .