The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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| author | Edington, Aurora N. C.(Aurora Nicole Coleman) |
| author2 | Francis O'Sullivan. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1220952022-01-31T19:09:36Z The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems Edington, Aurora N. C.(Aurora Nicole Coleman) Francis O'Sullivan. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Technology and Policy Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Technology and Policy Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Technology and Policy Program. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, 2019 Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-116). Plans for a decarbonized power system call for a significant increase in generation from variable renewable energy (VRE) sources, i.e. wind and solar. Yet, the intermittency of these resources introduces new challenges in operating the grid, including the need for sufficient operating flexibility to manage variations in VRE generation and load, while minimizing emissions and cost impacts. Long duration energy storage (LDES) has been suggested as an enabling technology for realizing high VRE penetrations in future grids because of its potential to flexibly time-shift VRE generation to match demand. However, the current literature lacks a broad assessment of the cost and performance requirements necessary for LDES technology to enable low- or zero-carbon power systems, the effect of various policy environments on those requirements, and an evaluation of currently existing LDES technologies and their potential to achieve sufficient cost and performance goals. This work seeks to fill that gap. Using a power system capacity planning model with hourly dispatch and operating constraints for a full year in ²045, multiple scenarios are analyzed with differing climate policies, starting with a no policy base scenario and including region-wide carbon taxes, renewable energy requirements to target wind and solar generation, and clean energy standards to target zero- or low-emitting technologies. Currently existing LDES technologies, like power-to-gas, thermal energy storage, flow batteries, and others, are also evaluated and their potential future cost and performance are compared to the model results to identify which LDES technologies are likely to be viable contributors to decarbonizing the electricity sector. As a result, this research identifies key characteristics for LDES technology development and reinforces the role of policy in achieving decarbonized electricity systems. Other findings include an evaluation of the role that existing LDES technologies may play in future decarbonized systems and the generation mix tradeoffs between LDES, lithium-ion batteries, and firm generation resources. by Aurora N. C. Edington. S.M. in Technology and Policy S.M.inTechnologyandPolicy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society 2019-09-16T18:17:21Z 2019-09-16T18:17:21Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122095 1117774500 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 116 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Technology and Policy Program. Edington, Aurora N. C.(Aurora Nicole Coleman) The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems |
| title | The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems |
| title_full | The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems |
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| topic | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Technology and Policy Program. |
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