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The Role Of Energy Storage In The Transition Toward A Carbon-Neutral Economy, Siyu Feng
The Role Of Energy Storage In The Transition Toward A Carbon-Neutral Economy, Siyu Feng
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Energy transitions to less-carbon intense technologies, such as wind and solar energy, in the electricity, sector are crucial to realizing international climate goals because the electricity sector has been one of the main global carbon emitter for decades, and environmental plans in most countries involve electrifying heavily polluting industries with clean electricity generation. The intermittency problem of renewable energy has been the main stumbling block on the path, and energy storage is now referred to as the key in these transitions because it can boost renewable energy use while also improving the efficiency of conventional power plants (Hall and Bain, …