1. Stationary storage market

1.1 A brief history

The storage of electrical energy for grid needs has existed since the 1930s. Built in 1933, the Lac Noir pumped-storage power station (STEP) was the first in France. These STEPs were developed mainly from the 1970s-1980s, to accompany the development of nuclear power (France, Germany, Spain, Italy). They are used to smooth the consumption curve (shifting consumption from peak to off-peak hours) and enable more stable production by nuclear power plants.

Pumped-storage power plants (Figure 1 ) store energy in the form of potential energy. Water is transferred from an upper basin to a lower basin...

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Bibliography

(1) - Ministère de l'économie, de l'industrie et du numérique, Ministère des finances - Feuille de route stockage stationnaire pour les énergies renouvelables, facteur clé de succès pour la filière industrielle française - (2007).
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Regulations

Arrêté du 23 avril 2008 relatif aux prescriptions techniques de conception et de fonctionnement pour le raccordement à un réseau public de distribution d'électricité en basse tension ou en moyenne tension d'une installation de production d'énergie électrique (Version consolidée au 18 mai 2017).