However, globally it is worth in the region of $10billion and is set to grow at around the 27% mark up to 2030. Within this sector there are not only chemical batteries, lithium Iron Phosphate being the current favourite technology, but also kinetic and potential energy storage systems, pumped hydro and other innovative ways to store energy.
The domestic applications provide for buying energy at a low night time tariff and selling back to the grid or using locally at higher tariff times. This storage system can be combined for ultimate efficiency with roof top solar PV or domestic wind turbines.
However the pressure on the national grid and the strive to make large scale power generation as efficient as possible has provided the opportunity for battery farms within the grid itself. Many cities are now balancing demand by having large capacity batteries capable of providing total city demand for a few minutes and in some cases hours or simply providing the peak demand moments. Traditionally this would have been provided by over supply but adding a battery reduces the requirement to over generate cutting costs.
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