Evaluating performance and developing novel architectures for energy storage applications

Electrical energy storage systems are more and more investigated to increase efficiency in generation systems and to support power networks highly penetrated by renewables. Different kinds of batteries, with several features and performance are available on the market or in developing phase. CNR-ITAE is involved in a number of European and Italian research projects from one hand to develop smart energy devices, from the other hand to test and evaluating performance of existing technologies. This experience is reported in this work with the aim to highlight the key role of electrochemical batteries in the future energy scenario.