The Big Jump from the Legs of a Frog [Historical]

@article{Guarnieri2014TheBJ,
  title={The Big Jump from the Legs of a Frog [Historical]},
  author={Massimo Guarnieri},
  journal={IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine},
  year={2014},
  volume={8},
  pages={59-61,69}
}
  • M. Guarnieri
  • Published 12 December 2014
  • Engineering
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
In recent years, we have witnessed growth in the importance of electrochemical storage for both stationary and mobile applications. With regard to the former, we have seen that the increasing penetration of intermittent renewable sources and of smart grids requires energy storage capabilities suitable for providing services with different technoeconomical horizons, such as sag compensation, frequency regulation, power smoothing, load leveling, load following, grid stabilization, power balancing… 
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