Grid-Scale Energy Storage Management

Dear Colleagues,

Energy supply networks are beginning to undergo a radical transformation into an integrated energy system. This revolution significantly increase the system flexibility and complexity which makes the role of energy storage more and more important. Energy storage system is a special technology that can provide fast response for power charging and discharging. The potential advantages of the BESS must be exploited in future power systems to facilate large-scale penetration of both centralized and distributed renewable generation. Utilizing grid-scale energy storage is attracting more research to address the problem of operating future grids with high renewables. Although the application of grid-scale BESS is considered as a promising future, some key issues, like frequency regulation mechnism, coordinated control of distributed energy storage, high-performance materials of energy storage, investment cost and etc.  are not fully addressed. The optimal management of energy storage is the main challenge as it requires new mathematic models and coordination methods. How to develop a new operation structures and new market mechanism that can be cost effective and reliable over coming decades should be answered.

This Special Issue will address this promising and dynamic area of research and development, while focusing on the new theoretical insights, innovative modeling technique and novel optimizing methodologies. Submitted papers should have original contributions to the studies of grid-scale and/or large-scale distributed energy storage management. Survey/review papers are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Structural design and application of high-performance materials for energy storage systems
• Modelling and analysis methods of grid-scale energy storage systems
• The role of energy storage in future integrated energy systems
• Energy management for grid-scale energy storage systems to increase renewable integration level in the future energy systems
• Coordinated control strategy for large-scale distributed generation and hybrid energy storage
• Markets and regulatory frameworks design for grid-scale energy storage to provide anxiliary services
• Stability assessment and control of the power system integrated with grid scale energy storage systems
• New concepts and solutions, e.g., multi-vector energy systems, virtual energy storage systems

Prof. Z.Y. Dong
Dr. Yu Zheng
Prof. Hongming Yang
Dr. Ke Meng
Guest Editors

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