IEA SHC Task 42 / ECES Annex 29 - A Simple Tool for the Economic Evaluation of Thermal Energy Storages

Rathgeber, C ; Hiebler, S ; Lävemann, E ; Dolado, P ; Lazaro, A (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gasia, J ; De Gracia, A ; Miró, L ; Cabeza, L.F ; König-Haagen, A ; Brüggemann, D ; Campos-Celador, Á ; Franquet, E ; Fumey, B ; Dannemand, M ; Badenhop, T ; Diriken, J.j ; Nielsen, J.E. ; Hauer, A

Resumen: Within the framework of IEA SHC Task 42 / ECES Annex 29, a simple tool for the economic evaluation of thermal energy storages has been developed and tested on various existing storages. On that account, the storage capacity costs (costs per installed storage capacity) of thermal energy storages have been evaluated via a Top-down and a Bottom-up approach. The Top-down approach follows the assumption that the costs of energy supplied by the storage should not exceed the costs of energy from the market. The maximum acceptable storage capacity costs depend on the interest rate assigned to the capital costs, the intended payback period of the user class (e.g. industry or building), the reference energy costs, and the annual number of storage cycles. The Bottom-up approach focuses on the realised storage capacity costs of existing storages. The economic evaluation via Top-down and Bottom-up approach is a valuable tool to make a rough estimate of the economic viability of an energy storage for a specific application. An important finding is that the annual number of storage cycles has the largest influence on the cost effectiveness. At present and with respect to the investigated storages, seasonal heat storage is only economical via large sensible hot water storages. Contrary, if the annual number of storage cycles is sufficiently high, all thermal energy storage technologies can become competitive.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.203

Año: 2016

Publicado en: Energy procedia 91 (2016), 197-206
ISSN: 1876-6102

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/610692/EU/USE OF INNOVATIVE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR MARKED ENERGY SAVINGS AND SIGNIFICANT LOWERING OF CO2 EMISSIONS/INNOSTORAGE
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/657466/EU/PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES/INPATH-TES
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2014-57262-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2008-06687-C02-02
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2011-28269-C03-01
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/BES-2012-051861
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ENE2012-38633

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. (Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica)