Technical and Cost Evaluation on SMES for Electric Power Compensation

• Published in: IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 1373 - 1378
• Main Authors: Nomura, Shinichi, Shintomi, Takakazu, Akita, Shirabe, Nitta, Tanzo, Shimada, Ryuichi, Meguro, Shinichiro
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.06.2010; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cost estimation; Costs; Direct energy conversion and energy accumulation; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical machines; Electrical power engineering; Electromagnets; Energy accumulation; Exact sciences and technology; Fluctuations; Frequency control; Large-scale systems; power compensation; Power generation; Regulation and control; renewable energy; Renewable energy resources; Roads; Samarium; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; Studies; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconductivity; Various equipment and components; Asia; Japan; Output power; Daily variation; Experimental device; power compensation; Superconducting coils; Frequency control; Charge compensation; Renewable energy; Electric power; Electric power consumption; Cost estimation; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnet energy storage; Energy storage
• ISSN: 1051-8223; 1558-2515
• DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2039745

RASMES (Research Association of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) in Japan developed a road map of SMES for fluctuating electric power compensation of renewable energy systems. Based on the progress of large superconducting coils, the technical status is already established to develop the several MWh class SMES for frequency control, load fluctuation compensation, and generation fluctuation compensation. With integrated operations of several dispersed SMES systems, it is expected that the 100 MWh class SMES for load fluctuation leveling (peak cut) can be introduced in the period of 2020-30, and the first 1 GWh class SMES for daily load leveling can be installed in the period of 2030-40. From the results of Japanese national projects, experimental device developments and SMES design studies, if the output power of SMES is 100 MW, the target cost of SMES can be evaluated with 2000 USD/kW of the unit cost per output power (the unit cost per kW).