Energy Storage Research Group: 5 points    (also read the main article "Storing the Sun" )

The Crestone Eagle, March 2009:

The Energy Storage Research Group at the University of Colorado at Boulder developed these five points in the development of a sound electric grid and storage capability. http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/energystorage/
1. Diversifying the types and locations of renewable generation sources, while guiding the capacity development with an optimization approach which uses historic wind and solar data to minimize intermittence, while achieving capacity goals.
2. Encouraging demand-side management efficiency upgrades (DSM) to serve as a source of energy. 
3. Developing adequate transmission infrastructure to facilitate diversified renewable plant locations. 
4. Planning for additional energy storage in Colorado’s electric grid, providing renewable energy that is available “on demand”.
5. Formulating legislation that provides incentives for the first four points, smoothing intermittent generation as well as planning for storage to compensate times of excess and shortage.