NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network

通过引入电网规模储能系统（ES），包括发电、输电和用电在内的电网将发生根本性的范式转变。ES将成为加拿大公用事业公司的宝贵资产，这些公司正面临着提供清洁、高质量、可靠和廉价能源的巨大压力，通过广泛使用：(1)可再生能源，克服间歇性和不确定性，(2)净零建筑，(3)节能和需求管理，(4)缓解传输系统的拥堵，(5)能源套利等等。尽管抽水蓄能ES系统已经存在了几十年，但由于地理位置不合适和成本过高，其使用受到限制。在过去的十年中，新的电网规模的ES技术已经出现，具有商业潜力，可以在城市和农村地区以适合**电网的成本部署，包括：(1)锂离子电池，(2)飞轮，(3)压缩空气ES系统，(4)**热ES系统。然而，这些ES技术面临着巨大的障碍，包括高成本、技术挑战以及从技术、经济、政策和监管角度来看电力系统接口差。利用现有的学术和行业研究设施和示范项目，与加拿大研究人员、技术提供商、制造商、公用事业公司和政府机构合作，NSERC储能技术（NEST）网络将促进改进的协同、网络化、合作和多学科研究，目标是采用这四种有前途的电网规模ES技术，并开发一套解决方案，以推动它们在未来五年乃至更长时间内取得商业成功。**重点研究四大主题：1)ES技术；2)电力电子；3)系统集成；4)经济，政策和社会方面，NEST网络将产生新的ES系统技术和电力电子转换器，创新的电力系统集成方法，以及互补的经济模型，政策和法规。它将使加拿大在ES领域处于领导地位，并培养具有ES专业知识的高素质人才，推动行业和加拿大经济向前发展。

Electric grids comprising generation, transmission, and consumption will undergo a fundamental paradigm**shift by introducing grid-scale energy storage (ES) systems. ES will be an invaluable asset for Canadian**utilities who are facing intense pressures to provide clean, high quality, reliable and cheap energy, by enabling**the widespread use of: (1) renewables, by overcoming intermittency and uncertainty, (2) net-zero buildings, (3)**conservation and demand management, (4) congestion mitigation for transmission systems, (5) energy**arbitrage, and more. Though pumped-hydro ES systems have existed for several decades, their use is limited**due to unsuitable geography and prohibitively high costs. In the last decade, new grid-scale ES technologies**have emerged with commercial potential that are deployable in urban and rural geographies at costs suitable for**electric grids including: (1) lithium-ion batteries, (2) flywheels, (3) compressed-air ES systems, and, (4)**thermal ES systems. However, these ES technologies face significant hurdles, including high costs, technical**challenges, and poor power system interfaces from technical, economic, policy and regulatory perspectives.**Tapping into existing academic and industry research facilities and demonstration projects, in concert with**Canadian researchers, technology providers, manufacturers, utilities, and governmental agencies, the NSERC**Energy Storage Technology (NEST) Network will foster improved synergistic, networked, collaborative and**multidisciplinary research with the objective of taking these four promising grid-scale ES technologies and**developing a suite of solutions to propel them into commercial success over the next five years and beyond.**Focusing on four research Themes: 1) ES Technologies; 2) Power Electronics; 3) Systems Integration; and 4)**Economics, Policy and Social Aspects, the NEST Network will yield new ES systems technologies and power**electronics converters, innovative power system integration methods, and complementary economic models,**policies, and regulations. It will enable Canadian leadership in ES and train highly qualified personnel with**expertise in ES, driving the sector and Canadian economy forward.