Ningbo Engineering Institute Launches “Energy Storage with Purpose” Project
Ningbo Engineering Institute has recently announced an innovative project named “Energy Storage with Purpose – Interactive Operation and Maintenance on the Power Side Based on Digital Twin Technology.” This initiative aims to enhance the operational efficiency of energy storage systems, optimize scheduling strategies, and improve equipment safety. It provides strong technical support for various sectors, including renewable energy power stations, commercial and industrial energy storage, and smart grids.
The project focuses on intelligent energy storage operation and maintenance, establishing a comprehensive smart operation and maintenance system that integrates digital twin technology, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and cloud-edge collaborative computing. Compared to traditional energy storage operation and maintenance models, this system utilizes artificial intelligence for optimized scheduling, enabling intelligent management of battery charging and discharging. By leveraging digital twin technology, the project team has developed a global simulation and optimization model for energy storage systems. This advancement enhances the health assessment and predictive maintenance capabilities of energy storage devices, ensuring optimal performance under various operating conditions.
In the realm of data collection and monitoring, the project employs an efficient system combined with edge computing technology to process operational data from energy storage devices in real-time. The cloud-based intelligent analytics platform offers precise device health assessments and smart alarm functionalities, further enhancing the reliability of energy storage systems. Intelligent communication and remote monitoring capabilities allow operation and maintenance personnel to monitor energy storage sites remotely via the cloud and facilitate intelligent operation and maintenance scheduling. This significantly reduces labor maintenance costs and boosts operational efficiency.
On the application front, the “Energy Storage with Purpose” project demonstrates extensive potential. In the field of renewable energy power stations, the smart energy storage operation and maintenance system can optimize renewable energy consumption capacity, enhance grid stability, and reduce grid impacts caused by power fluctuations. In commercial and industrial energy storage scenarios, intelligent scheduling optimization strategies can effectively lower electricity costs for enterprises and mitigate grid load fluctuations while enhancing renewable energy utilization alongside distributed photovoltaics. Moreover, in terms of integration with smart grids, the project’s intelligent energy storage system provides rapid frequency response and dynamic voltage regulation, thereby improving grid regulation capabilities and increasing the penetration rate of renewable energy.
Statistical estimates suggest that the innovative technologies applied in this project can enhance overall energy efficiency in energy storage systems by 5% to 10%. Additionally, the curtailment rate for wind and solar energy in renewable power stations may decrease by 30% to 40%, while industrial energy storage optimization can reduce electricity costs for enterprises by 15% to 25%. Furthermore, smart grid energy storage applications could accelerate grid frequency response speed by 30% to 50%. These achievements not only provide robust technical support for the intelligent development of the energy storage industry but also contribute to the optimization of the global energy structure and the realization of carbon neutrality goals.
Ningbo Engineering Institute expressed its commitment to further deepen research and application of the “Energy Storage with Purpose” project, aiming to contribute significantly to the intelligent transformation and sustainable development of the energy storage industry.
