The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems

Plans for a decarbonized power system call for a significant increase in generation from variable renewable energy (VRE) sources, i.e. wind and solar. Yet, the intermittency of these resources introduces new challenges in operating the grid, including the need for sufficient operating flexibility to manage variations in VRE generation and load, while minimizing emissions and cost impacts. Long duration energy storage (LDES) has been suggested as an enabling technology for realizing high VRE penetrations in future grids because of its potential to flexibly time-shift VRE generation to match demand. However, the current literature lacks a broad assessment of the cost and performance requirements necessary for LDES technology to enable low- or zero-carbon power systems, the effect of various policy environments on those requirements, and an evaluation of currently existing LDES technologies and their potential to achieve sufficient cost and performance goals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Edington, Aurora N. C.(Aurora Nicole Coleman)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Francis O'Sullivan.

• Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
• Technology and Policy Program.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122095

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/122095