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ETI seeks proposals for transportable energy storage analysis The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has issued a Request for Proposals for organisations interested in taking part in a project which will carry out a techno-economic evaluation of transportable energy storage. With increasing use of renewable energy sources there are many cases where the generation sites are not within easy reach of the homes and businesses that need the electricity. For example, offshore wind-farms are inevitably further from major conurbations than existing coal-fired power stations. In this situation, how the energy is moved from where it is generated to where it is needed becomes a more critical aspect of the overall energy system. More remote locations are more costly, and difficult to connect to transmission lines, be they electricity networks or pipelines. At the same time the intermittency of renewable energy sources places a greater emphasis on the use of energy storage to balance supply and demand for electricity. Transporting stored energy is one possible way to address both of these concerns simultaneously. The ETI said that in deciding whether to support the development of transportable energy storage technologies, it needs access to analysis. This must identify where transportable energy storage is most likely to be beneficial and at what cost the development of potential technologies could deliver transmission scale transportable storage. The deadline for submitting an intention to bid is 10 September, and the closing date for bid submission is 30 September. Source: Utility Week © Faversham House Group Ltd 2010. News articles may be copied or forwarded
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