Energy efficiency

Curtailment of load during peak times

Electricification of load (i.e. EVs)

Diesel back up generators

Load shifting from times of high demand to low demand

They can be built at a broad range of sizes including very small, and have fast response rates

They can be built at very large scale and can discharge power for many hours

They have very long lifetimes, lasting as long as 50 years.

Their performance does not change with time - they remain as efficient on the last day as the first.

Lead acid

Lithium Ion

Sodium-sulphur

Vanadium-redox

All of the above

Lithium ion batteries and liquid air energy.

Concentred solar thermal and batteries

Hydrogen and lead-acid batteries

Pumped hydro energy storage and  flywheels

Heat

Potential

Kinetic

Elastic

Chemical

Medium voltage - i.e. large commercial centres 

Substation between medium voltage and low voltage

Low voltage (i.e. residential network)

High voltage transmission network

Baseload describes the increase in demand on a typical day when conditions are mild

Baseload generators are able to ramp quickly, such as hydro power, meeting high demand during (for example) heatwaves

Baseload is the minimum demand over a period of time, that the market can best meet with generation that provides constant output

Baseload is the name given to generators that have constant output