Enabling technologies : innovation landscape /
IRENA's Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies that play a key role in facilitating the integration of renewable energy. These are further explored in sets of briefs addressing key power system challenges: Electricity storage - Battery storage technologies h...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Abu Dhabi] :
International Renewable Energy Agency,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | IRENA's Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies that play a key role in facilitating the integration of renewable energy. These are further explored in sets of briefs addressing key power system challenges: Electricity storage - Battery storage technologies help to offset the variability of renewables and provide various services to the grid. Utility-scale batteries; Behind-the-meter batteries. Electrification of end-use sectors - Electrification of other sectors opens doors to new markets for renewable power generation as well as new ways to store surplus generation. Electric-vehicle smart charging; Renewable power-to-hydrogen; Renewable power-to-heat. Digital technologies - Digital technologies are introducing new applications in the power sector, changing the boundaries and dynamics of the industry and helping to optimise renewable energy assets. Internet of Things; Artificial Intelligence and Big Data; Blockchain. New grids - New and smart grids, both large and small scale, complement each other and enable new ways to manage VRE generation. Renewable mini-grids; Supergrids. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (6 parts) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781523151806 1523151803 |