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THEME PAPER

i. Energy Storage membrane. The power and small organisations
for Renewables and energy capacity of will get an opportunity
Energy storage is one a flow battery can be to trade energy with
of the most important dynamically scaled up their local communities.
factors in the integration or down based on the Decentralised trade
and adoption of size of the electrolyte of energy would
renewable energy. tanks. Flow batteries also require a decentralised
Efficient and economical have high efficiency and marketplace build
storage of renewable low maintenance cost on decentralised
energy plays a significant [S.OuldAmrouche et. al] technology like
role in building a Another way of storing Blockchains. Blockchains
modern power grid. energy chemically is in are distributed and
It can reduce power hydrogen. In a fuel cell, decentralised ledgers
fluctuations, enhance the hydrogen and oxygen managed by multiple
electric system flexibility, react to form water parties through a
and enables the storage to produce electricity. common consensus
and dispatching of the [S.OuldAmr ouche protocol. No single party
electricity generated et. Al, 2021] has control over the
by variable renewable Mechanical methods to transactions happening
energy sources such store renewable energy in the Blockchain system
as wind and solar. includes compressing and hence consistency
[S.OuldAmrouche et. al] air, hydro-pumped is maintained by all
Energy storage storage that includes the parties through
technologies can broadly pumping water to a high consensus.
be classified as chemical terrain to be used later
and mechanical storage. in a hydropower station, WASTE MANAGEMENT
Most chemical storage using synthetic old, Cities offer opportunities
techniques have a quartzite rocks and silica of economic upliftmentand
moderate to high carbon sand to store energy accomodate growing
footprint. These include from a concentrated solar population and their carbon
lithium-ion, lead-acid, power plant [SEIA, 2021] footprints. Waste management
nickel-zinc batteries [Ho, Clifford K.,2019]. is one of the problems cities
along with other types. Some of these methods are facing. Waste from
These batteries are very like hydro-pumped, industries, households and
difficult to scale up for a compressed air and other establishments are
large power generation hydrogen storage can dumped in landfills and
unit. Flow batteries are be used for long term harmful chemicals/gases are
rechargeable batteries storage of energy. emitted into the environment
in which electrolytes leading to climate change.
flow from one or j. Peer-to-peer energy As per the central pollution
more tanks to one or trade on Blockchain control board (CPCB) of
more electrochemical With the decentralisation India, the per capita waste
cells separated by a and digitisation of the generation has increased at an
power grid, individuals

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