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A balancing act for renewables

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Energy storage will play a key role in increasing the use of variable energy sources. Nonetheless, storage is not the only balancing option and the overall design of power systems will incorporate a range of flexible generation, storage and grid-balancing options of different types and scales.

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Elliott, D. A balancing act for renewables. Nat Energy 1, 15003 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2015.3

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