Currently storage of electrical energy in Australia consists of a small number of pumped hydroelectric facilities and grid-scale batteries, and a diversity of battery storage systems at small scale, used mainly for. Contact online >>
Currently storage of electrical energy in Australia consists of a small number of pumped hydroelectric facilities and grid-scale batteries, and a diversity of battery storage systems at small scale, used mainly for...
Australia''s current storage capacity is 3GW, this is inclusive of batteries, VPPs and pumped hydro. Current forecasts by AEMO show Australia will need at least 22GW by 2030 – a more than 700 per cent increase in...
A report from the Clean Energy Council (CEC) released in June 2024, titled The Future of Long Duration Energy Storage, noted that lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and pumped hydrogen energy storage (PHES) are currently...
Our Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap highlights the need to rapidly scale up a diverse portfolio of storage technologies to keep pace with rising demand and realise opportunities across our evolving energy system. As Australia transitions to net zero, renewable energy storage is critical to ensure a secure, sustainable and affordable electricity supply.
The report responds to common challenges around decarbonisation and technology readiness, examining the role of storage for seven sectors, and outlining the strengths and weaknesses of specific technology options.
Renewable storage technologies have the potential to revolutionise clean and reliable energy access in remote communities, support cost-effective decarbonisation in industry and transform Australia into a green hydrogen export superpower.
Developed in consultation with government and over 50 industry organisations, the Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap aims to ignite meaningful discussion on energy storage, address uncertainties around net zero pathways and provide decision-makers with the tools to make informed decisions.
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Australia is working towards a national energy market (NEM) that sources its electricity from clean, renewable energy instead of emission-heavy processes that have dominated for decades. It''s a tectonic shift – one that requires extensive thought, effort and time.
It''s not just a matter of plugging in a couple of solar panels and moving forward, it''s a monumental leap in changing how we generate clean energy and distribute it within the consumer, industry and transport spaces. This means Australia will need to undergo massive infrastructural changes to reach our decarbonisation goals by 2050.
We need the right technology to store enough renewable energy to meet our NEM needs, so we don''t have to default to fossil fuel electricity production to fill the gap. A potential solution to this problem is long duration energy storage (LDES).
In a net zero future, reports show most of our energy needs would need to be met by variable renewable energy (VRE). In Australia, this will be a mix between solar and wind generated electricity. Current forecasts from the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) indicate that as much as 95% of the NEM would need to come from VRE to meet our emission reduction goals by 2050.
Alex Campbell, the Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDES Council), said, "There’s a German expression, dunkelflaute, meaning a wind and solar drought. So, if you are relying on wind, then you need probably slightly deeper storage, longer storage," and "solar is much more predictable…but the basic principle is there."
To put it simply, the sun doesn''t always shine, and the wind doesn''t always blow. So, what would happen if more than 90% of our electricity comes from these intermittent sources and they aren''t producing energy? It could potentially mean Australia would need to keep carbon-heavy technologies to provide stable energy to support VRE.
Current LDES technology is a potential solution for Australia''s clean energy transition because of its ability to discharge energy continuously for eight hours or longer. This allows the technology to store energy and save it for times when grid demand would not be met by VRE.
"Once you get up into the high levels of solar and wind on the grid, then you really do need that long duration to provide resilience and to keep the lights on in very simple terms."
Campbell went on and said about the international goal to decarbonise, "if we don''t deploy LDES, we are not going to be able to have truly low emission, net zero electricity systems," and "we need to get these technologies up and running to make sure we can do the energy transition."
In the case of Australia, the country is currently looking at a mixture of energy storage approaches, coupled with LDES in the long-term to bring the stability the country would need in a renewable energy dominated NEM.
A report from the Clean Energy Council (CEC) released in June 2024, titled The Future ofLong Duration Energy Storage, noted that lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and pumped hydrogen energy storage (PHES) are currently the dominant energy storage systems for renewables in Australia. The CEC said emerging LDES technologies coupled with the energy storage systems in place, would be the best suite to appropriately manage Australia''s needs.
ARENA also partially funded a report from the CSIRO titled Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap to better understand the challenge. Released in March 2023, the roadmap found our energy storage needs will increase by 10 to 14-fold in a net zero future.
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