This is an open access book that addresses the need for hybridization in energy storage, offering a fresh perspective on integrating diverse storage solutions to support a successful energy transition. It fills a significant gap in the literature by presenting a comprehensive collection of case studies and real-world examples, while tackling challenges across multiple sectors, including industrial operations, grid, off-grid systems, transportation, and smart building applications.
Authored by a multidisciplinary team of leading experts, the book explores technology-neutral requirements for different applications and examines the key drivers behind system installations. It proposes innovative hybrid energy storage solutions grounded in detailed techno-economic and sustainability analyses.
Furthermore, by identifying untapped opportunities for electrification and system integration, the book positions itself as a valuable resource for advancing the European Union’s goals of decarbonization and energy security. By addressing critical hybridization needs, offering a thorough literature review, and presenting application-oriented solutions, it empowers researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to make informed decisions, while also educating the next generation of scientists and engineers in innovative energy storage approaches.
Part I. Industry and Power Generation.-
1. Industrial application of
high-temperature heat and electricity storage for process efficiency and
power-to-heat-to-power grid integration.-
2. Repurposing coal-fired power
plants integrating the use of second-life batteries, flywheels, and high
temperature molten salt storage.-
3. Optimizing Renewable Power Systems:
Hybrid Gravity-Battery Energy Storage System for Wind/PV Integration and Load
Balancing.- Part II. Power Grid and Renewable Transition.-
4. Integration of
run-of-river/pumped hydro with an energy storage system based on batteries
and supercapacitors for enabling ancillary services and extending the
lifetime of gen-erating equipment.-
5. Power-Intensive Energy Storage
Systems.-
6. Hybrid energy storage systems coupled with renewable pow-er
plants for power smoothing applications.- Part III. Resilient Off-grid
Solutions.-
7. Building Resilient Off-Grid Energy Systems: Hybrid Storage
Solutions for Cold Climates.-
8. Southern climate. Hybrid energy storage for
cooling and sup-plying electrical load.-
9. Benchmarking of Hybrid Thermal
and Electri-cal Storage for Renewable Energy Communities.- Part IV. Future
Mobility and Transport Solutions.-
10. Hybrid energy storage system for BEV
and FCEV charging stations Use case for Aluminum as energy carrier.-
11.
Waterborne Transport. Hybrid Power Supply for Electrifica-tion of Port
Infrastructures, Shore-to-Ship Power, and Ship Power and Propulsion.-
12.
Resilient Hybrid energy storage systems in rail transport.-
13. Battery
systems for air transport climate neutrality.-
14. On-board integration of
hybrid energy storage systems in heavy duty vehicles: the electric buses use
case.- Part V. Sustainable and Smart Buildings.-
15. Buildings (<50 kWh/day).
Integrated batteries with phase change materials (PCM) for peak shaving and
load manage-ment: the HYBUILD example.-
16. Hybrid thermal and electrical
energy storage in office buildings.-
17. Behind-The-Meter. Combination of
Li-ion batteries and Or-ganic Flow Redox batteries for BTM applications.
The Editors, coming from Academia, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE) and University of Perugia (IT) and Research Organizations, SINTEF (NO) and Austrian Institute of Technology (AT), are all active in the field of energy storage and conversion. They are members, with leading roles, of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Joint Programme Energy Storage, establishing a long-term coordinating research effort in the field of energy storage at European level. Finally, the Editors are leading partners in the European Union-funded project Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System (StoRIES, #101036910) dealing with hybrid energy storage as a way to advancing the EUs goals of decarbonization and energy security, leading the overall Coordination (KIT), the Education & Training programme, the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda identifying R&I priorities across EU and managing the Transnational Access provision to the research infrastructures integrated in the project.
