Energy Storage for Low-carbon Electricity

Author(s): Chi-Jen Yang and Eric Williams

Published: January 2009

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This paper is one in a series by the CCPP at Duke University to explore the barriers facing large‐scale, low‐carbon electricity generation and increased efficiency in the near‐term – primarily the next ten to fifteen years. Policy drivers may be necessary to provide the right price signal to develop low‐carbon emission technologies, but a price signal alone may not be enough to enable broad‐scale deployment.1 Significant technical, legal, infrastructural, and social barriers prevent the implementation of the necessary technologies and efficiency improvements.

The series provides an overview of the barriers and outlines general policy options for lawmakers who wish to speed the development and/or wide‐scale deployment of lowcarbon energy technologies. It will include papers focusing on specific energy generation echnologies, including renewable energy and energy storage, and energy efficiency, a costffective near‐term option for displacing carbon‐intensive energy generation.