Energy Storage as Grid Assets: Expanding Transmission Capacity to Accelerate Renewable Growth

By examining in detail the Gridbooster concept in Germany – using energy storage to provide contingency back up for the transmission grid, thus expanding the transfer capacity of existing and new transmission lines – this presentation will explore how this concept can be applied in different regulatory structures (nodal energy markets and vertically integrated markets). Additionally, this presentation will examine how these assets can stack multiple value streams without compromising system security to provide the high economic value to the grid and end customers.