The experiment involves a
warehouse with four storage
systems – lithium-ion,
flow,
super-capacitors and lead-acid
batteries.
Depending on supply and
demand, a model is designed to
store and distribute energy.
At times, a diesel engine is
needed, Aguado confesses.
But she insists that we could
live 100% on renewable energy if
storage was properly dimensioned.
If it’s possible on this
experimental island, it’s possible
in the country as a whole.
Perhaps so, but currently clean
energy accounts for just 16.15% of
total consumption in Spain.
According to EU guidelines, this
should reach 20% by 2020.
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