REGULATORY AND FINANCIAL HURDLES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ENERGY STORAGE IN UK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS STORAGE IN UK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

摘要

This paper examines the feasibility of energy storage in in a low voltage distribution network to facilitate increased Distributed Generation (DG),and electricity demand.Modelling is used to quantify technical and financial benefits of storage over a 10 year period.Technical benefits are achieved through loss reduction,prevention of voltage rise and peak shaving.However,for energy storage to be financially feasible,all multi-stakeholder benefits need to be included in any investment strategy and regulation needs to be updated to foster energy storage adoption.