Publication: Deploying Storage for Power Systems in Developing Countries: Policy and Regulatory Considerations
Date
2020-08-19
ISSN
Published
2020-08-19
Author(s)
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Abstract
Energy storage is particularly well
suited to developing countries’ power system needs.
Developing countries frequently feature weak grids. These
are characterized by poor security of supply, driven by a
combination of insufficient, unreliable and inflexible
generation capacity, underdeveloped or nonexistent grid
infrastructure, a lack of adequate monitoring and
controlequipment, and a lack of skilled human resources and
adequate maintenance. In this context,energy storage can
help enhance reliability. Deployed together with VRE, it can
help displacecostly and polluting generation based on liquid
fuels while increasing security of supply.Storage can also
help defer and/or avoid the construction of new grid infrastructure
Citation
“Energy Sector Management Assistance Program. 2020. Deploying Storage for Power Systems in Developing Countries: Policy and Regulatory Considerations. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34400 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”