Thermal Energy Storage System integrating into a PV facility

The large penetration in the energy mix of renewable-based plants like wind and solar is considered a key aspect to boost the transition toward a decarbonised and sustainable energy system and, subsequently, to tackle the settled climate targets. However, the variability and unpredictability of solar and wind plants production requires the implementation of actions able to assist the matching of supply and demand and in turn to avoid unbalances able to generate issues at various grid levels. Among them, the installation of utility-scale energy storage systems is of crucial importance to split the energy production from its consumption, compensate the power fluctuations and provide a more regular and predictable power profile. In this context, Thermal Energy Storage System for electricity applications is receiving considerable interest among researchers due to its expected reliability. In the past, the Authors developed the so-called Integrated Energy Storage System (I-ESS) and, in the ...