N2 - The second decade of the 21st century is a period of intense development of various types of energy storage other than pumped-storage hydroelectricity. Battery and thermal storage systems are particularly rapidly developing ones. The observed phenomenon is a result of a key megatrend, i.e. the development of intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) (wind power, photovoltaics). The development of RES, mainly in the form of distributed generation, combined with the dynamic development of electric mobility, results in the need to stabilize the grid frequency and voltage and calls for new solutions in order to ensure the security of energy supplies. High maturity, appropriate technical parameters, and increasingly better economic parameters of lithium battery technology (including lithium-ion batteries) result in a rapid increase of the installed capacity of this type of energy storage. The abovementioned phenomena helped to raise the question about the prospects for the development of electricity storage in the world and in Poland in the 2030 horizon. The estimated worldwide battery energy storage capacity in 2030 is ca. 51.1 GW, while in the case of Poland it is approximately 410.6 MW. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107027/PDF/02-krupa-i-inni.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107027 PY - 2018 IS - No 2 EP - 34 DO - 10.24425/122770 KW - electricity storage KW - lithium-ion batteries KW - megatrends in power industry KW - Polish storage market A1 - Krupa, Krystian A1 - Nieradko, Łukasz A1 - Haraziński, Adam PB - Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN VL - vol. 21 DA - 2018.06.30 T1 - Prospects for energy storage in the world and in Poland in the 2030 horizon SP - 19 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107027 T2 - Polityka Energetyczna - Energy Policy Journal