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| Author(s): | R. Baxter |
| Publisher: | PennWell |
| ISBN: | 159370027X |
| Format: | hardback |
| 302pp | |
| Price: | $69.00 |
| Review Date: | 04 November 2005 |
| Review: | As investment in large power stations has become riskier because repayment of the development costs can no longer be guaranteed. Another option is to have a distributed supply strategy that is more reliant on smaller and distributed power generation and energy storage resources to provide a stable, secure electricity supply. Here Richard Baxter shows how the electricity industry could be revolutionized by energy storage technologies that enable a greater use of renewable energy, and giving a more flexible, efficient, and stable self-correcting energy infrastructure. He begins by looking at the electrical power industry and the petroleum, coal and gas markets. he goes on to describe available electricity storage technologies: pumped-hydroelectric; compressed air; flow batteries; sodium sulphur batteries; lead–acid batteries; nickel–cadmium batteries; etc. Energy storage technologies could provide benefits in wholesale power, transmission and distribution, and applications are discussed in detail. Renewable energy and storage is also covered. |