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The advanced battery energy storage systems market is being driven by an increase in the number of grid stability ESS projects that provide ancillary services, as well as the increasing intermittency of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are driving the demand for large scale battery storage systems.

Drivers:

• Decreasing the prices of advanced batteries has increased their applications in energy storage.
• Increasing demand for uninterrupted power supply in data centers, telecommunications, etc.
• Solar plus storage is becoming increasingly popular in the residential market.
• Time-shifting avoids high tariffs on electricity by utilizing stored energy at times of the day when electricity use is at its highest.

A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is an electrochemical device that charges (or collects energy) from the grid or a power plant and then discharges that energy at a later time to provide electricity or other grid services.

Advanced batteries are the upgraded version of existing batteries or new technology batteries with higher efficiency and cheaper unit cost. Advanced Batteries are batteries that are small, cost less, charge faster, and last longer than traditional lead batteries. Commercial implementation, however, has been non-existent due to its small, non-standard size until now.

Applications of Advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems: