The grid battery also has a glory effect for other generators. Most thermal power plants, gas, gas, nuclear, to run at a stable speed. Speed up and down to suit the need for time and cost, but with the battery reduces some changes, thermal power plants can continue to be closer to their most effective speed, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and check costs.
This is the same type as a hybrid to create your car. If you think about a Prius, you have an electric motor and you have a petrol engine and you make the air consumption better because the battery absorbs all variants.
Another net battery feature is that they can reduce the need for expensive mesh upgrades, said Stephanie SmithCEO at Eilian, where funding and development of grid energy storage systems. You do not need to build power lines to meet the absolute maximum power demand if you have a battery, on the generator side or on the need, to remove a few more electrons when needed.
What we do with independent batteries, more and more people you get, you start to reduce your needs or at least other things like new conveyor construction, Mr. Smith Smith said. These batteries also allow the mesh to adjust faster to change the energy demand, such as when a factory stops working or when a new data center provides energy.
In terms of balance, this leads to a more stable, effective, cheaper and cleaner grid.
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As good as them, the lithium-ion battery has their limits. Most grid batteries are designed to store and send electricity for two to eight hours, but the net also needs to store energy for many days, weeks and even months from the need for electricity demand. The change throughout the year.
There are also some challenges that appear basic to store grid. Like most grid -level technologies, energy storage requires a large prepaid investment to take decades to return, but there are many uncertainties right now on the way. The Trump administration's tariff It will affect the battery import, even if there will be economic recession and if this interruption will slow down the electricity demand growth in the coming years. Extraordinary appetite for battery is increasing competition for the necessary raw materials, which can increase their prices.
In spite of China is currently dominating the global battery supply chainThe United States is working to enter. According to the previous government, the US Department of Energy Investing billions in energy storage factoriesSupply chain, and research. Have Dozens of battery factories in the US Now, although most are aimed at electric cars. There are 10 factories in the US expected to start this year, this will increase the total capacity of EV battery production 421.5 gigawatt-every year. Total global battery production is expected to be achieved About 7,900 gigawatt-now 2025.
There is also a long and developing project line waiting to connect to the grid. The line of connection for all energy systems, but especially the sun, wind and battery, Usually lasts three years or more When project developers create studies on reliability and cope with the prescribed paperwork.
The Trump administration is also working to complete the incentives around clean energy, especially the 2022 Law on Inflation. The law has established strong incentives for clean energy, including Tax credit for independent grid energy projects. I am very worried about Ira because it will change the curve, and honestly we cannot change the curve right now with any form of clean energy, Mr. Smith Smith said. On the other hand, Trump's tariffs can eventually promote more battery production in the US.
However, storing energy -scale energy is a small slice of our grid, and there is a huge place to expand. Although we have accelerated and walked fast, in general, we didn't have many things, according to Mr. Zahancancik. You can easily see that storage becomes 20 or 30 percent of energy power installed.