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Handbook of Energy Storage

Demand, Technologies, Integration

  • The book features a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of energy storage
  • Energy storage solutions with regard to providing electrical power, heat and fuel in light of the Energy Transition are discussed
  • Practical applications and the integration of storage solutions across all energy sectors round out the book

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Meaning and Classification of Storage in the Energy Supply

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Energy Storage Through the Ages

      • Michael Sterner
      Pages 3-22
    3. Definition and Classification of Energy Storage Systems

      • Michael Sterner, Franz Bauer
      Pages 23-47
  3. Demand of Energy Storage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Storage Demand in Power Supply

      • Michael Sterner, Christopher Breuer, Tim Drees, Fabian Eckert, Andreas Maaz, Carsten Pape et al.
      Pages 51-136
    3. Heating Supply Storage Requirements

      • Michael Sterner, Fabian Eckert, Norman Gerhardt, Hans-Martin Henning, Andreas Palzer
      Pages 137-163
    4. Storage Demand in the Transport and Chemical Sector

      • Michael Sterner, Fabian Eckert, Hans-Martin Henning, Tobias Trost
      Pages 165-188
  4. Technologies for Energy Storage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. Electrical Energy Storage

      • Ingo Stadler
      Pages 191-225
    3. Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems

      • Ingo Stadler, Bernhard Riegel, Detlef Ohms, Eduardo Cattaneo, Götz Langer, Matthias Herrmann
      Pages 227-324
    4. Chemical Energy Storage

      • Michael Sterner, Franz Bauer, Fritz Crotogino, Fabian Eckert, Christian von Olshausen, Daniel Teichmann et al.
      Pages 325-482
    5. Mechanical Energy Storage

      • Ingo Stadler, Franz Bauer, Marcus Budt, Eduard Heindl, Daniel Wolf
      Pages 483-561
    6. Thermal Energy Storage

      • Ingo Stadler, Andreas Hauer, Thomas Bauer
      Pages 563-609
    7. Load Management as an Energy Storage System

      • Ingo Stadler, Fabian Eckert
      Pages 611-636
    8. Comparison of Storage Systems

      • Michael Sterner, Martin Thema
      Pages 637-672
  5. Energy Storage Integration and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 673-673
    2. Storage Integration in Individual Energy Sectors

      • Michael Sterner, Ingo Stadler, Fabian Eckert, Martin Thema
      Pages 675-755
    3. Storage Integration for Coupling Different Energy Sectors

      • Michael Sterner, Ingo Stadler, Fabian Eckert, Norman Gerhardt, Christian von Olshausen, Martin Thema et al.
      Pages 757-803
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 805-821

About this book

The authors of this Handbook offer a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of energy storage. After explaining the importance and role of energy storage, they discuss the need for energy storage solutions with regard to providing electrical power, heat and fuel in light of the Energy Transition. The book’s main section presents various storage technologies in detail and weighs their respective advantages and disadvantages. Sections on sample practical applications and the integration of storage solutions across all energy sectors round out the book. A wealth of graphics and examples illustrate the broad field of energy storage, and are also available online.

The book is based on the 2nd edition of the very successful German book Energiespeicher. It features a new chapter on legal considerations, new studies on storage needs, addresses Power-to-X for the chemical industry, new Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC) and potential-energy storage, and highlights the latest cost trends and battery applications.

“Finally – a comprehensive book on the Energy Transition that is written in a style accessible to and inspiring for non-experts.” Franz Alt, journalist and book author

“I can recommend this outstanding book to anyone who is truly interested in the future of our country. It strikingly shows: it won’t be easy, but we can do it.” Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch, physicist and television host

Editors and Affiliations

  • University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Michael Sterner

  • TH Köln, Köln, Germany

    Ingo Stadler

About the editors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Sterner researches and holds courses on energy storage and regenerative energy industries at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, and develops energy storage concepts for companies and municipalities. Together with colleagues, he previously launched the Power-to-Gas storage technology, which remains his chief research interest. He is a member of the VDE and serves as an advisor to the EU Commission (DG Energy) and Germany’s federal government (BMWi). He is actively involved in coordinating the VDI, OTTI and Eurosolar energy storage conferences, and has co-authored additional books, including an IPCC Assessment Report.

Prof. Dr. Ingo Stadler’s focus area is renewable energy, both in academia as well as in private sector projects. Since 2006, he is Professor for Renewable Energies and Energy Economics at TH Köln and one of the initiators of Cologne Institute for Renewable Energy (CIRE). He joined the scientific board of „Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems” and he is a member of the Scientific Board of the annual conference „International Renewable Energy Storage Conference IRES“. In 2006, Dr. Stadler finished his habilitation on “Demand Response: Non-Electrical Energy Storage for Electricity Supply Systems with high Renewable Energy Penetration”. For more than a decade he was working as expert in the PV programme of the International Energy Agency IEA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Energy Storage

  • Book Subtitle: Demand, Technologies, Integration

  • Editors: Michael Sterner, Ingo Stadler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55504-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-55503-3Published: 15 October 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-55504-0Published: 27 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 821

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 508 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Storage, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy

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eBook USD 139.00
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  • Read on any device
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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