Electricity storage needs for the energy transition : an EROI based analysis illustrated by the case of Belgium

To face climate changes and energy dependency, governments encourage their industries and communities to increase the share of renewable energy (RE). However, the RE production is mostly inflexible. The risk of unmatching electricity market grows. Tools such as power plant flexibility, import/export, demand management, storage and RE curtailment are developed to handle this problem. This study focuses on the energy storage mix required for the energy transition of the electricity system to high RE shares. An hour based model is developed in order to optimise the renewable energy and storage as... Mehr ...