Comparative techno-economic assessment of energy storage technologies - Renewable energy intermittency management: An energy storage technologies analysis, including thermal storage === > [!tldr] Tags > #type/report > [!info] Meta Data >**FirstAuthor**:: [[Techer, Rieul]] > **Title**:: Comparative techno-economic assessment of energy storage technologies - Renewable energy intermittency management: An energy storage technologies analysis, including thermal storage > **Year**:: 2010 > **Citekey**:: [[2010_techer]] > **itemType**:: report > **Location**:: Paris > **Pages**:: 125 > **ISSN**:: > > [!Cite] > Techer Rieul, _Comparative techno-economic assessment of energy storage technologies - Renewable energy intermittency management: An energy storage technologies analysis, including thermal storage_, Paris, Mines ParisTech, Tsinghua University, 2010. > > %%[@2010_techer]%% > **URL**:: . > > **Related**:: . > > **Attachment**::[Techno-economic comparative assessment of energy storage technologies](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/3HYJKY9E). --- > [!important] Synthesis > **Contribution**:: > > [!Abstract] > > Solar and wind energy are two of the most abundant energy resources on earth. Helped by the environmental and energy contexts, CSP (Concentrated Solar Power), PV (Photovoltaic) and Wind power have exhibited rapid growth over the past 10 years. Such interest for renewable energy valorization has given rise to innovative and expected low cost technologies, such as low temperature thermodynamic solar technologies. Like any renewable (solar or wind) based electricity generation systems, production is subjected to intermittencies that differ both in duration (short, medium and long lasting) and in management (power quality or energy management). One main solution to cope with those intermittencies is the implementation of Energy Storage Systems (ESSs), in combination with renewable based Electricity Generation Systems (EGSs). More than grid load adjustment capability, it would enable arbitrage and smart regulation of both energy supply and demand. This Master‘s thesis aims at comparing, on technological and economic bases, firstly, different ESSs: Batteries (Lead-Acid, Sodium-Sulfur and Lithium-Ion) and Thermal Energy Storage (Low Temperature and High Temperature TES); then various EGS/ESS combinations: ―PV/Batteries‖, ―Wind/Batteries‖, ―CSP/HT TES‖, and ―Low Temperature Thermodynamic Solar EGS/LT TES‖. From a technological point of view, even if ―PV/Batteries‖ and ―Wind/Batteries‖ systems exhibit better energy performance (overall installation efficiency) than ―Low Temperature Thermodynamic Solar EGS/LT TES‖ system, it turns out that TES are more energy efficient than Batteries. Moreover, TES are not impacted by operating conditions whereas batteries demonstrate poor performances while deviating from standards. Combined ―CSP/TES‖ systems show the best performance. From an economic point of view, at fixed electricity generation cost, ―Low Temperature Thermodynamic Solar EGS/LT TES‖ system is highly competitive (2 to 3 times less costly). However, under specific conditions (no more fixed electricity generation costs), it appears that ―Low Temperature Thermodynamic Solar EGS/LT TES‖ could not be competitive, particularly facing ―CSP/TES‖ and ―Wind/Batteries‖ systems. As far as policies recommendation and help to decision making are concerned, this Master‘s thesis underlines, first, the necessity of the implementation of ESSs as a tool for arbitrage and regulation, and renewable energy valorization. On the other hand, it points out that the implementation of EGS/ESS systems strongly depends on operating conditions (temperature, DOD...), leading to case by case choices. >> --- # Note. --- # Annotations%% begin annotations %% %% end annotations %% %% Import Date: 2026-09-24T11:17:14.555+02:00 %%