Resumen de Dynamic energy storage for smart grids

Frans Dijkhuizen, Willy Hermansson, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Georgios Demetriades, Rolf Grünbaum

• Purpose – This paper presents the world's first high voltage utility‐scale battery energy storage system in the multi megawatt range.

  Design/methodology/approach – The objectives are achieved by the series connection of switching semiconductor devices of the type Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) and the series and parallel connection of Li‐ion batteries.

  Findings – After tests at ABB laboratories, where its performance to specification was confirmed, a first pilot will be installed in the field, in EDF Energy Networks' distribution network in the United Kingdom during 2010 to demonstrate its capability under a variety of network conditions, including operation with nearby wind generation.

  Practical implications – This holds the development of a distributed dc breaker, the diagnostics of detecting fault locations as well as fault isolation and the balancing of the batteries.

  Originality/value – The paper presents the world's first high voltage utility‐scale battery energy storage system in the multi megawatt range suitable for a number of applications in today's and future transmission and distribution systems.