The Electric Systems for Energy research group of the Department of Energy of Politecnico has published the report “Modelling, planning and operation of battery storage systems” (LINK).
The report presents in a concise and clear way what are the basic activities and analyses for a battery storage system operator to operate in the markets.

Storage systems, in particular Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), are increasingly recognised as fundamental tools for the evolution of the electricity system towards decarbonisation. Indeed, the integration of an increasing amount of renewable resources into the electricity system and markets is increasingly necessary; however, this evolution is only feasible with the support of resources capable of providing flexibility to the system, resources such as SdA.
In this context, Politecnico di Milano’s research group Electric Systems for Energy has recently intensified its commitment to the subject, on several fronts and with several hands, with the aim of studying the technologies, the regulatory context, the economic feasibility and, last but not least, the social impact of the various possible solutions.

The activities described in this report include:

• modelling the systems to understand their performance and develop a mathematical model;
• the use of the model to test the most common market applications and to estimate their technical and economic results, also in terms of revenue stacking;
• the analysis of the evolving Italian regulatory context in order to define the compatibility of an investment in storage systems with the current rules and those that will be in force after the TIDE Resolution and the storage auctions (art. 18).

The report may be of interest to industry players involved in the planning, development and management of battery projects. In addition to the reported results, the group is open to further discussion and collaboration on these topics, if interested please contact: giuliano.rancilio@polimi.it