Energy Storage Analytics and Controls Technical Challenges, Recent Research and Software Tools

As the electric grid is rapidly transforming to be more renewable and distributed, there are significant technical issues imposed on the grid due to the highly variable renewable generation (e.g., wind and solar). Furthermore, the increasing threats of natural disasters and cyber/physical attacks have created a significant need to improve the resilience and reliability of current grid infrastructure. Grid energy storage systems (ESSs) can be a flexible grid asset that can help mitigate those issues by providing multiple services to grid operators, utilities, and end users. Even though the application space for grid energy storage has grown rapidly over the last few years, there are multiple technical challenges that need to be addressed in order to further facilitate the incorporation of ESSs in the grid. Therefore, this panel gathers experts around the globe in energy storage field. The panel will provide the audience an overview on emerging challenges, recent research, and software tools in energy storage analytics and control area. The information provided in this panel will benefit not only the industry but also other key stake holders such as policy makers, project developers and researchers in this area.