Australia''s Energy Storage Boom: Why Businesses Choose Solar
As electricity prices rise and businesses go desperately in search of dependable power, solar power + battery energy storage systems (BESS) are becoming the answer to
Currently storage of electrical energy in Australia consists of a small number of pumped hydroelectric facilities and grid-scale batteries, and a diversity of battery storage systems at small scale, used mainly for backup. To balance energy use across the Australian economy, heat and fuel (chemical energy) storage are also required.
Solar heating and cooling systems Energy storage systems such as batteries and thermal storage including hot water storage and storage of warmth and “coolth” in building structures Control systems that manage the flow of energy into and out of properties to increase the total amount of renewable energy used.
UNSW is striving towards 1,000GWh of beneficial energy storage in Australia by 2050. We believe this level of storage will underpin a healthy society by promoting a resilient and sustainable energy system. Resilience means providing electrical energy more reliably, by accommodating variable generators and unplanned damage to grid infrastructure.
Flow batteries are the likely to be the most commercially viable technology for long duration energy storage in Australia. Vanadium redox flow batteries are particularly promising given the electrolyte's sustainability, durability and recoverability. Australia has some of the richest vanadium deposits in the world.
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