TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive review on energy storage systems
T2 - Types, comparison, current scenario, applications, barriers, and potential solutions, policies, and future prospects
AU - Hossain, Eklas
AU - Faruque, Hossain Mansur Resalat
AU - Sunny, Md Samiul Haque
AU - Mohammad, Naeem
AU - Nawar, Nafiu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Driven by global concerns about the climate and the environment, the world is opting for renewable energy sources (RESs), such as wind and solar. However, RESs suffer from the discredit of intermittency, for which energy storage systems (ESSs) are gaining popularity worldwide. Surplus energy obtained from RESs can be stored in several ways, and later utilized during periods of intermittencies or shortages. The idea of storing excess energy is not new, and numerous researches have been conducted to adorn this idea with innovations and improvements. This review is a humble attempt to assemble all the available knowledge on ESSs to benefit novice researchers in this field. This paper covers all core concepts of ESSs, including its evolution, elaborate classification, their comparison, the current scenario, applications, business models, environmental impacts, policies, barriers and probable solutions, and future prospects. This elaborate discussion on energy storage systems will act as a reliable reference and a framework for future developments in this field. Any future progress regarding ESSs will find this paper a helpful document wherein all necessary information has been assembled.
AB - Driven by global concerns about the climate and the environment, the world is opting for renewable energy sources (RESs), such as wind and solar. However, RESs suffer from the discredit of intermittency, for which energy storage systems (ESSs) are gaining popularity worldwide. Surplus energy obtained from RESs can be stored in several ways, and later utilized during periods of intermittencies or shortages. The idea of storing excess energy is not new, and numerous researches have been conducted to adorn this idea with innovations and improvements. This review is a humble attempt to assemble all the available knowledge on ESSs to benefit novice researchers in this field. This paper covers all core concepts of ESSs, including its evolution, elaborate classification, their comparison, the current scenario, applications, business models, environmental impacts, policies, barriers and probable solutions, and future prospects. This elaborate discussion on energy storage systems will act as a reliable reference and a framework for future developments in this field. Any future progress regarding ESSs will find this paper a helpful document wherein all necessary information has been assembled.
KW - Applications
KW - Barriers
KW - Classification
KW - Energy storage
KW - Intermittency mitigation
KW - Policies
KW - Renewable energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089812189&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/en13143651
DO - 10.3390/en13143651
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089812189
VL - 13
JO - Energies
JF - Energies
IS - 14
M1 - 3651
ER -