This title appears in the Scientific Report :
2015
Life Cycle Assessment of primary control provision by battery storage systems and fossil power plants
Life Cycle Assessment of primary control provision by battery storage systems and fossil power plants
This paper investigates environmental impacts of primary control provision by large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) and coal power plants (CPPs). Results indicate that most environmental impacts of BESSs are caused by the construction. The usage of materials like nickel or copper in the...
| Personal Name(s): | Koj, Jan Christian (Corresponding Author) |
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| Stenzel, Peter / Schreiber, Andrea / Hennings, Wilfried / Zapp, Petra / Wrede, Gunnar / Hahndorf, Ina | |
| Contributing Institute: |
Systemforschung und Technologische Entwicklung; IEK-STE |
| Published in: | 2015 |
| Imprint: |
2015
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| Conference: | 9th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition, Düsseldorf (Germany), 2015-03-09 - 2015-03-11 |
| Document Type: |
Conference Presentation |
| Research Program: |
Assessment of Energy Systems – Addressing Issues of Energy Efficiency and Energy Security |
| Publikationsportal JuSER |
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This paper investigates environmental impacts of primary control provision by large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) and coal power plants (CPPs). Results indicate that most environmental impacts of BESSs are caused by the construction. The usage of materials like nickel or copper in the BESS construction has noticeable environmental effects. Due to possibilities of material reductions or replacements there will probably be further environmental improvements of BESSs. As main outcome the systems comparison illustrates a better environmental performance of BESSs especially in cases where BESSs contribute to a significant reduction of fossil must-run capacities. |