Empowering sustainability assessment of energy storage
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70883521%3A28610%2F25%3A63596458" target="_blank" >RIV/70883521:28610/25:63596458 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/se/d5se00750j" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/se/d5se00750j</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5se00750j" target="_blank" >10.1039/d5se00750j</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Empowering sustainability assessment of energy storage
Original language description
Energy storage (ES) plays a vital role in decarbonizing energy systems, yet its sustainability implications remain critical during its rapid deployment across mobile and stationary applications. This study presents the first systematic literature review focused on the assessment methods applied to ES systems in the sustainability context, by analyzing 205 peer-reviewed studies from the past five years. The review identifies Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as the most commonly employed methods, with a strong technological focus on hydrogen-based systems and batteries. In contrast, a limited number of studies consider social aspects in the sustainability context. An increasing trend toward integrated economic and environmental assessments is observed, though their coherence is often limited due to the absence of a standardized methodological framework. Most studies apply narrow system boundaries, frequently omitting critical life cycle stages such as the use phase and end-of-life. This paper provides a methodological overview of applied approaches, summarizes key indicators and gaps, and offers recommendations to enhance the comprehensiveness of ES sustainability assessments. Additionally, targeted suggestions are delivered for practitioners, method developers and policy actors to improve the quality and applicability of future assessment practices.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20704 - Energy and fuels
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sustainable Energy and Fuels
ISSN
2398-4902
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
9
Issue of the periodical within the volume
21
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
5749-5771
UT code for WoS article
001579154500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105018696008