Battery energy storage has a variety of useful applications, such as balancing energy demand and supply for either the short or long term. This ensures the grid operates more efficiently. Plus, batteries are able to respond to changing supply or demand levels within a second.

In this way it can be made available for use 24 hours a day, and not just, for example, when the Sun is shining, and the wind is blowing. It can also protect users from potential interruptions that could threaten the energy supply.

There are numerous types of energy storage, but the main one is battery storage. As is the case with electric vehicles, mobile phones and torches, batteries store the energy and make it available on demand, but on a larger scale. And the development projections for storage are promising.

Battery Energy Storage (BESS) is similar to the miniature accumulators in the devices we use every day: they turn a chemical reaction into electrical energy, storing energy that can be used later, depending on necessity. It’s like the power bank on our smartphones.

Energy can be stored in batteries for when it is needed. The battery energy storage system (BESS) is an advanced technological solution that allows energy storage in multiple ways for later use. Given the possibility that an energy supply can experience fluctuations due to weather, blackouts, or for geopolitical reasons, battery systems are vital for utilities, businesses and homes to achieve a continual power flow. A battery energy storage system is no longer an afterthought or an add-on, but rather an important pillar of any energy strategy, especially any energy strategy that makes use of renewable solar power. The sun is a wonderful energy engine, but it has one, significant limit: no sunshine, no power production. By combining battery energy storage with PV solutions, the batteries can mitigate the intermittent nature of renewable power by storing solar power produced during the day for nighttime use, thus guaranteeing a steady supply of power at all times.