Energy Storage Network

储能领域是广泛而复杂的，包括广泛的潜在储能技术和应用。能量存储可以包括电（例如电池、超级电容器）、热（例如相变材料、热水、低温循环）、化学能（例如氢）、重力势能（例如泵送的水力）和机械能（例如飞轮和压缩空气）的存储。应用范围从用于消费品的小型电池（W's），到用于混合动力和电动汽车的工程电池组（kW's），再到用于电网集成的大规模储能（>MW's），以及也取决于应用的能量要求。该提案旨在为英国建立一个储能研究网络。该网络将考虑所有潜在的存储方法，特别是那些对提供未来低碳能源系统至关重要的应用，例如电动和混合动力汽车以及电网规模应用。这些领域也是英国具有浓厚研究和技术兴趣的领域。该网络将把学术界、工业界和政策界联系在一起，并将由一个咨询委员会提供指导，该委员会的代表来自上述各部门。该网络将在三年内组织一系列会议和研讨会，以帮助在英国建立一个更加综合的储能研究社区，并在国内和国际上提高英国储能研究的知名度。将通过一个专门网站传播主要成果和学习，包括讲习班和会议产生的研究报告。

The field of energy storage is broad and complex, encompassing a wide range of potential energy storage technologies and applications. Energy storage can include the storage of electricity (e.g. batteries, supercapacitors), heat (e.g. phase change materials, hot water, cryogenic cycles), chemical energy (e.g. hydrogen), gravitational potential energy (e.g. pumped hydro) and mechanical energy (e.g. flywheels and compressed air). Applications range from small batteries (W's) for consumer goods, through engineered battery packs (kW's) for hybrid and electric vehicles, to large scale energy storage for grid integration (>MW's), and with energy requirements that also depend on the application.This proposal seeks to establish a research network in energy storage for the UK. The network will consider all the potential storage approaches, with applications focussing in particular on those important to the provision of future low carbon energy systems, so electric and hybrid vehicles and grid scale applications. These are also areas where the UK has a strong research and technology interests. The network will link the academic, industrial and policy communities together, and will be guided by an advisory board with representatives from each of these sectors. The network will organise a series of meetings and workshops over a three year period to help develop a more integrated energy storage research community in the UK, and to raise the profile of UK energy storage research both nationally and internationally. Key outcomes and learning will be disseminated via a dedicated website, including research reports arising from workshops and meetings.