BURLINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2010) - KEMA (
www.kema.com) today released the first
independent guidebook on integrating wide-scale energy storage in the
electric power infrastructure. Volume two of KEMA's Utility of the Future
series, "
The Promise of Energy Storage,"
explores the issues and questions surrounding the rapidly advancing
technology. The guidebook provides a broad assessment of the electricity
storage field and the latest thinking about applications. It also describes
how to assess when there is a good business case for storage and when there
is not -- and examines the implications of including storage in grid design
and operation, the economics of storage, and the
policy issues being raised.
"In the long-term, the implications of widespread, mass deployment of
electricity storage across the power system are profound," said Dr. Ralph
Masiello, KEMA senior vice president. "To date there has not been a single,
independent source of relevant information on the issues and questions that
are being raised by this rapidly advancing technology."
The Utility of the Future volume draws on KEMA's extensive involvement in
expanding the understanding and capabilities of
energy storage through grid simulation and
developing the analytic and economic tools needed to plan for its use. KEMA
has been actively engaged worldwide in projects across the energy storage
value chain -- ranging from technology development and evaluation to the
advancement of visionary large-scale storage applications. In the US, KEMA
recently testified on grid-scale energy storage before the full US Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and participated along with MIT
in an IEEE and ASME sponsored briefing at the US Congress on electricity
storage policy issues.
"We created this guide to help assess and build the business case for
storage when and where it makes sense," said Dr. Masiello. "We spell out
specific application cases and methodologies for determining their
cost-benefits. We identify policy issues that improve the case and overall
cost-benefit. And we identify how related trends in energy -- RPS
standards, smart grid, micro grids -- all link to, and benefit from, the
inclusion of storage in grid design and operation."
The KEMA Utility of the Future leadership guidebook series provides
independent insight and assessment of the pressing questions, emerging
technologies and strategic decisions surrounding electric grid
modernization. The 2008 inaugural volume addresses the impact of smart grid
on the utility organization and business process.
KEMA's Utility of the Future guidebook on energy storage covers:
-- Building the case for storage
-- Energy storage applications
-- Financial justification
-- Public policy to encourage use of storage
-- Energy storage technologies
-- Applications labeling and performance testing
-- Natural gas - A stored energy commodity
-- Realizing energy storage's promise
For additional information and to order "Utility of the Future volume 2:
The Promise of energy storage," visit
www.kema.com/StorageFuture.
About KEMA
Founded in 1927, KEMA is a global provider of business and technical
consulting, operational support, measurement and inspection, testing and
certification for the energy and utility industry. With world headquarters
in Arnhem, the Netherlands, KEMA employs more than 1,500 professionals
globally with offices in 13 countries. KEMA's US subsidiary, KEMA, Inc., is
headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and serves energy clients
throughout the Americas and Caribbean.
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