The ESA Blog, The ESA Blog
August 24, 2013
Electricity storage can be used to reduce the cost incurred for electric service. The benefit can be significant. There are two variations on this value proposition. One involves electricity end-users that pay “time-of-use” [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
June 24, 2013
The concept of community energy storage (CES) has captured the imagination of the growing ranks of stakeholders with interest in electricity storage (storage). It involves electric utility owned storage that is distributed, being located [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
May 24, 2013
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is an electricity storage system that is used to reduce or avoid negative effects and costs associated with electrical service outages and/or poor power quality (PQ). During outages, the stored energy is used [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
April 24, 2013
Two especially compelling and closely related value propositions for electricity storage include use to: 1) defer or avoid the need to upgrade electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment or 2) extend the life of existing [...]Read More
storagePLUS Network
March 24, 2013
A significant challenge for grid operators is effective integration of an increasing amount renewable energy (RE) fueled generation whose output varies. Variation occurs year-to-year, season-to-season, throughout each day and minute-to-minute. Variable RE generation types [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
March 24, 2013
A variety of reliability demands apply to the electric utilities. Among others, and perhaps the most significant is that a utility or a group of utilities must be able to accommodate the loss of [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
February 24, 2013
Air conditioning (A/C) is one of the most expensive end-use types for utilities to serve. This is primarily because a significant portion of A/C operates for a relatively small amount [...]Read More
The ESA Blog
January 20, 2013
An especially valuable electricity storage value proposition is the “merchant” business model. It involves what can be described simply as continuous optimization of benefit derived from operation, cost incurred for [...]Read More