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40 Summer 2017 European Energy Innovation

ENERGY STORAGE

Unleashing the value of
energy storage

“Transmission lines bring electricity from A to B, but storage will bring it from today to tomorrow”

By Joint Research Centre Press Office

E nergy storage has been part of and to enable the wider application of to 50% in 2030. Large quantities of
the energy system for decades, energy storage technologies. Scientists renewable energy of fluctuating and
but it is with the emergence of at the European Commission’s Joint intermittent nature – like wind and
new storage technologies and Research Centre (JRC) are determined solar power – will need to be produced
the need to integrate more renewable to support these developments to if Europe is to reach its energy and
energy sources into the power facilitate the transition towards a low- climate commitments.
system that the sector is faced with carbon energy system.
new challenges – and opportunities. Energy storage presents one of the
Research and technological The share of renewable energy in the solutions to managing the excess
development and innovation are European electricity sector is expected energy, making it possible to store
needed to anticipate future trends to increase from 27% today to close electricity during low electricity

Battery Energy Storage Testing for Safe Electric Transport: The battery testing facilities test the performance and safety of the
batteries of electric vehicles.

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