The introduction of stationary storage systems within the Italian electricity grid is functional to the objectives of progressive decarbonisation of the energy system through non-programmable renewable sources. To verify the actual sustainability of these, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing are two suitable tools that allow to assess the evironmental and economic impacts along the entire life cycle of the systems. To this end, a literature analysis of LCA and LCC studies of stationary batteries was carried out to set up a methodology to be applied to LCA and LCC studies of lithium stationary batteries and to analyse innovative storage systems based on sodium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1373,1299],"targets":[1317],"rapporti_tipologie":[762],"class_list":["post-195187","rapporti","type-rapporti","status-publish","hentry","tag-electricalstorage","tag-storage-en","targets-research","rapporti_tipologie-report-en"],"acf":{"dont_show_hompage":true,"projects":{"ID":191041,"post_author":"464","post_date":"2024-07-10 15:54:35","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-10 13:54:35","post_content":"","post_title":"Storage systems, including electrochemical and power-to-gas, and their interfaces with grids","post_excerpt":"The more ambitious the decarbonisation goals become, the more important energy storage is. The increasing penetration of non-programmable renewable energy sources (NPRESs) and the growing electrification of transport lead to a number of challenges related to the stability and flexibility of the national electrical system. The need to store excess renewable energy for later use where and when it is needed becomes evident.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"storage-systems-including-electrochemical-and-power-to-gas-and-their-interfaces-with-grids","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-08-09 15:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2024-08-09 13:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/progetti\/storage-systems-including-electrochemical-and-power-to-gas-and-their-interfaces-with-grids\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"progetti","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"order_posts":"","dont_show_search":false,"related_posts":false,"show_on_slider":false,"single_post_data":{"titolo_spot":"","post_content":"
The environmental sustainability objectives of the current Integrated Plan for Energy and Climate (NECP) envisage an increasing penetration of renewable sources in the electricity production mix. In particular, non-programmable renewable sources (wind and solar) will grow, in terms of both percentage contribution and absolute production. As a result of this growth, greater flexibility will be required from both the transmission and distribution networks, which can be achieved through modernisation interventions with a view to smart grids and the development of significant storage capacities. The development of storage systems is one of the objectives of the NECP, not only to improve the safety of transmission and distribution networks but also with a view to better integrating renewable sources into the electricity system, in order to reduce overgeneration as much as possible.<\/p>\n
Therefore, electrochemical storage systems are one of the functional solutions for a sustainable transition of the Italian electricity system. For this reason, it is essential to assess their sustainability in a broad sense, in both environmental and economic terms. From this perspective, the life cycle approach appears to be the most correct one to follow to assess environmental and economic impacts, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC). To this end, a literature analysis of LCA and LCC studies of stationary batteries was carried out. This analysis allowed us to set up a methodology to be applied in future LCA and LCC studies of lithium stationary batteries produced by the Italian supply chain, as well as to analyse innovative electrochemical storage systems based on sodium. In particular, with regard to LCC, RSE also developed an original estimation methodology that calculates the LCC starting from the costs of commodities, i.e., those goods that are not offered on the market without qualitative distinction (e.g., metals, energy).<\/p>\n","link_estreno":false,"scarica_file":[{"download_option":"download","file_name":"Download Report","download":{"ID":105782,"id":105782,"title":"19012875-319082.pdf","filename":"19012875-319082.pdf","filesize":2737271,"url":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/19012875-319082.pdf","link":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/en\/rapporti\/19012875\/19012875-319082\/","alt":"","author":"464","description":"19012875-319082.pdf","caption":"","name":"19012875-319082","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":132922,"date":"2021-12-31 00:00:00","modified":"2021-03-17 12:51:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","type":"application","subtype":"pdf","icon":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/document.png"}}],"button":{"text":"","link":""},"referente_group":false,"data_emissione":"2019-12-31","autori":"A. Temporelli, G. Mela","rapporto":"","rif_rse":"19012875"},"satellite_post_url":""},"yoast_head":"\n