Standards Development

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Electric road vehicles | Cells and batteries. Other | | Metrology and measurement. | Energy and heat transfer engineering. General | Environmental impact assessment | Environment and environmental protection. General | Solar energy engineering | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for standardization in the field of grid integrated EES Systems, focussing on system aspects on EES Systems rather than energy storage devices as well as investigating system aspects and the need for new standards for EES Systems. ESL/120 also focusses on the interaction between EES Systems and Electric Power Systems (EPS). For the purpose of ESL/120, "grid" includes : a) transmission grids b) distribution grids c) commercial grids d) industrial grids e) residential grids f) islanded grids g) smart grids h) MUSH grids i) ICI grids. Storage in railway systems is considered if it contributes as an EES System to the grid. EES Systems include any type of grid-connected EES Systems which can both store electrical energy from a grid or any other source and provide electrical energy to a grid. By that feature it maintains the balance between electrical energy demand and supply over a period of time. ESL/120 considers all storage technologies as long as they are capable to store and to discharge electrical energy. (Energy storage itself is not in the scope of the work.) Thermal storage systems are included in the scope, only from the electricity exchange point of view. Unidirectional energy storage systems such as UPS are not included in the scope of TC 120.