Governments around the globe have taken concerted efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, putting into effect regulations aimed at meeting the ambitious goals of the climate treaty. One clear step in that direction has been the introduction of sustainable power from Renewable Energy Sources, or RES. Most of us are already used to seeing photovoltaic panel farms and giant wind turbines strewn across fields in the countryside. In some parts of the world, they are as ubiquitous as the fields themselves.
Although RES are considered essential in today’s changing energy climate, they have drawbacks, some more obvious than others. The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, so output does not always coincide with demand. This leaves gaps that conventional power plants have traditionally filled. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are increasingly bridging that gap.
