Overview of distributive energy storage systems for residential communities

Abstract

As the booming of EV and renewable energy markets, energy storage has been gaining more and more attention. There are a large variety of energy storage technologies, such as super caps, flywheel, thermal, compressed air, and batteries of different chemistries, including lead acid, lithium ion, flow battery and nickel cadmium. These energy storage devices can be configured into a large variety of power levels depending on a variety of different applications. This paper will discuss distributive energy storage systems using battery systems at grid edge for residential community applications.