Ranking of Electricity Accumulation Possibilities: Multicriteria Analysis
Applied Sciences 2023
Edgars Kudurs, Erlanda Atvare, Kristiāna Dolge, Dagnija Blumberga

The pace of the implementation of renewable electricity storage in Europe is disappointingly slow. Several factors influence this and there is a need to speed up the rate and increase the volumes in order to promote a 100% transition to renewable energy resources, expand the practice of using renewable energy, and contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of consumers. An important factor is significantly reducing impact on the environment and climate change. Electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind has a seasonal nature that cannot provide the necessary electricity consumption and cover peak loads. The so-called “energy resource crisis” is also a very topical problem at the moment, which reinforces the global need to increase the share of renewable energy resources in the overall balance of primary energy resources. Practical wider integration of renewable electricity storage is what can help stimulate this. The availability of renewable electricity is constantly increasing, and the level of technological innovation is rapidly developing. Therefore, it is valuable to analyse, look for connections and for ways to accumulate electricity in order to promote its availability from private homes to the national scale and more broadly on the European scale. Therefore, this article analyses and compares the different options for renewable electricity storage, from small batteries to large storage systems, arriving at the best solution according to needs, using analysis methods such as multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) and TOPSIS. After comparing nine criteria, such as the amount of investment required, existing power density, efficiency, duration of operation, and others in two groups (small and large accumulation systems), it was concluded that lithium-ion batteries are currently the best solution among batteries, while pumped hydro storage is the best solution among large accumulation systems.


Atslēgas vārdi
decision-making analysis | energy | innovations | renewable | storage | TOPSIS
DOI
10.3390/app13137349
Hipersaite
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7349

Kudurs, E., Atvare, E., Dolge, K., Blumberga, D. Ranking of Electricity Accumulation Possibilities: Multicriteria Analysis. Applied Sciences, 2023, Vol. 13, No. 13, Article number 7349. e-ISSN 2076-3417. Pieejams: doi:10.3390/app13137349

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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