Techno-economic sizing of a battery energy storage coupled to a wind farm: an Italian case study

The study focuses on the technical and economic issues which arise when a battery energy storage is coupled to a wind farm to improve its profitability. The electric energy storage technologies may fulfil the dual role of promoting the renewable energy sources development and of allowing an economic optimization of the energy output. In this study, the optimal economic and technical sizing of a lithium-ion battery, is analyzed by focusing on the...