E.1 Traditional Markets for Solar Energy Storage: Lead-Acid Batteries
E.1.1 Feed-In Tariff Changes and How They Drive the Solar Storage Industry
E.1.2 Lead-Acid Batteries in the Solar Industry: A Hard Way to Make Money
E.2 Storage for Utility-Scale PV and CSP
E.3 Opportunities for Solar-Power Storage by Type of Storage Technology
E.3.1 Solar-Power Storage in Microgrids
E.4 Firms to Watch in Solar-Related Storage
E.5 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage
E.5.1 Opportunities for Solar-Power Storage by World Region
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 Solar Industry Growth Drives Opportunities in Energy Storage Markets
1.1.2 Solar-Power Storage Markets Vary by Application and Technology
1.2 Goal and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Driver and Technologies for Solar-Related Energy Storage
2.1 Current Status of Storage for Solar Systems
2.1.1 Limitations on Solar As a Market for Energy Storage
2.1.2 PV Storage
2.1.3 Storage for Grid-Scale Solar
2.1.4 Other Types of Solar Power and Weighting of Solar Storage Opportunities
2.2 Three Key Drivers for Storage in Solar Power Environments
2.2.1 Periodic Regular and Irregular Variations in Solar Power
2.2.2 Non-Dispatchability: Future Opportunities for Dispatchable Solar
2.2.3 Grid Stability and Reliability
2.2.4 Energy Pricing
2.3 Available Energy Storage Technologies for the Solar Industry
2.3.1 Lead-Acid and Lead-Carbon Batteries
2.3.2 Metal Hydride Batteries
2.3.3 Sodium Sulfur Batteries
2.3.4 Flow Battery Systems
2.2.5 Lithium Batteries
2.2.6 Liquid Metal Batteries
2.2.7 Supercapacitors
2.2.8 Ultrabatteries
2.2.9 Pumped Hydro-Electric Storage
2.2.10 Compressed Air Energy Storage
2.2.11 Flywheels
2.2.12 Superconducting Storage
2.2.13 Other Energy Storage Technologies
2.3 Related and Competitive Technologies and Solutions
2.3.1 Smart Grids and Solar Storage
2.3.2 FACTS
2.3.3 Renewable Integration Management Systems (RIMS)
2.4 Key Points Made In this Chapter
Chapter Three: Markets and Roadmaps for Solar-Related Energy Storage
3.1 Patterns of Evolution for Addressable Markets for Solar Storage
3.1.1 Photovoltaics
3.1.2 Thermal Solar/CSP and Thermal Storage
3.2 United States and Solar Energy Storage
3.2.1 Californian Energy Storage Requirements
3.2.2 BYD in Los Angeles
3.2.3 Prudent Energy Projects
3.2.4 Maui Electric Company Storage Project
3.2.5 SunPower, Ice Energy and Target
3.2.6 Philadelphia’s Navy Yard Project
3.3 Europe and Solar Energy Storage
3.3.1 Cellstrom and Batteries for Solar-Charging Stations
3.3.2 Saft and Acciona
3.4 Asia and Solar Energy Storage
3.4.1 Malaysian Ministry of Rural Development
3.4.2 Gypsum Metropolitan Tower in Thailand
3.5 Other Markets for Solar Energy Storage
3.6 Key Points Made In this Chapter
Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage Markets
4.1 Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Coverage of Forecasts
4.1.2 Data Sources
4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios
4.2 Solar-Power Storage Forecasts
4.2.1 Some Notes on Pricing
4.2.2 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in North America
4.2.3 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in Europe
4.2.4 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in Japan
4.2.5 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in China
4.2.6 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in India
4.2.7 Forecasts of Solar-Related Energy Storage in the Rest of the World
4.2.8 Summary of Forecasts of Solar-Related Storage
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
About the Author
Exhibit E-1: Worldwide Markets for Solar-Energy Related Storage by Technology ($ Millions).
Exhibit 2-1: Benefits of Selected FACTS.
Exhibit 4-1: Cost Per Kilowatt Hour for Various Storage Technologies ($/kWh).
Exhibit 4-2: North American Market for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-3: European Market for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-4: Japanese Market for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-5: Chinese Market for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-6: Indian Market for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-7: Other Asian Markets for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-8: Other Markets for Solar-Energy Related Storage.
Exhibit 4-9: Worldwide Markets for Solar-Energy Related Storage by Technology.
Exhibit 4-10: Worldwide Markets for Solar-Energy Related Storage by Region