WIND AND STORAGE AGREE

Removing Barriers for Clean Technologies
Joanna Schroeder, June 9, 2011 (Domestic Fuel)

"A new ‘joint principles’ document has been created by the Electricity Storage Association (ESA) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to help…remove barriers and increase market access for emerging clean energy technologies such as wind…Energy storage [is another challenge]…"

[Brad Roberts, Executive Director, ESA:] “Our policymakers need to understand the potential for these resources to improve our electric grid reliability, while creating jobs and stimulating American innovation and manufacturing. While wind energy makes our grid cleaner, energy storage makes our grid more flexible and reliable.”

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"The agreed principles include the value of energy storage across the utility industry…The organizations want more focus on energy storage and potential solutions to strategically store energy on wind farms [including 3 specific policies]…

"…[1] Wholesale energy markets and ancillary services markets should be created and expanded, and barriers to entry into those markets eliminated…[2] Market and operating rules should be based around the type of service needed…any technology that is able to reliably provide a needed service should be able to provide it…[and] bundled services should be disaggregated…"

Curtailment is getting too expensive to NOT do storage. (click to enlarge)

"…[And, 3] Low cost grid operating reforms that will create more competition and make the grid operate more efficiently, such as greater balancing coordination and faster generator dispatch intervals, should be implemented as soon as possible."

[Denise Bode, CEO, AWEA:] “Large amounts of wind energy are being reliably and cost-effectively integrated onto the power system today…Energy storage can be a valuable resource for the power system in maximizing the efficient use of this resource, and add flexibility for electric utilities…”