Should energy storage be built with nuclear energy?

Additionally, energy storage has already been built with nuclear energy in mind. Ludington Pumped Hydro Storage Plant was originally built to help baseload sources in Michigan, like nuclear plants, run efficiently during off-peak hours and make the electricity more dispatchable. “If you want to decarbonize the economy, nuclear is very important.

Why is nuclear storage important?

“If you want to decarbonize the economy, nuclear is very important. Storage is also very important to be able to integrate other types of clean energy sources,” said Ugi Otgonbaatar, Exelon’s manager of corporate strategy.

Should nuclear energy be stored as thermal energy?

Since heat is a natural product of nuclear reactions, storing the energy produced as thermal energy seems to be an efficient means of storage. Also, storing heat is a technologically simple task so it should be a relatively cheap and reliable energy storage adaptation for nuclear power.

Why is nuclear energy a good investment?

Once storage technologies are large enough scale, cost-effective and efficient, it will benefit variable renewables and baseload nuclear. Keeping supply and demand in balance is good for the grid. Nuclear energy is essential to a clean energy future and can work to protect the climate alongside energy storage.

Should nuclear energy be stored in TES systems?

Second, TES systems would preserve nuclear energy in its original form (heat), enabling much more flexible use when the stored energy is recovered (e.g., electricity production or steam supply for industrial systems).

Why is energy storage important?

Storage is also very important to be able to integrate other types of clean energy sources,” said Ugi Otgonbaatar, Exelon’s manager of corporate strategy. That’s why Exelon is encouraging and supporting the development of advanced energy storage technologies, to help decarbonize the power sector and enable that carbon-free future.