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Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE
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Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to analyze the sustainability of renewable energy storage systems.
This report will contain the merits and demerits of energy preserving techniques along with their
commercial availability rather than the conventional storage system of battery. Apart from that,
the impacts of these energy preservation systems and reutilization on the environment will be
discussed. Additionally, the implementation of waste management involving these energy
storage systems will be also discussed along with the life cycle of the products. Finally, cost-
effective recommendations for efficient energy storage for solar-PV and Wind-Turbines systems
and scope of development in the field of energy storages will be discussed in the report.

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Introduction:
Renewable energy can be defined as the energy which is collected from renewable
resources like tides, sunlight, rain, wind, geothermal heat and wind. The four major areas where
renewable resources are used are electricity generation, transportation and rural energy services.
The term ‘energy storage’ refers to the capture or preservation of produced energy to use the
energy in future. It is crucial to understand that non-renewable sources of energy like fossil fuels
are both energy sources an energy storage system. In order to reduce the environmental impact,
the oil of gas industries of US must follow the Environmental Management System (EMS). The
EMS can be defined as a frame work that enables an organization to achieve environmental goals
through evaluation, constant review and improvement in its environmental performance
(Teichmann, Arlt and Wasserscheid 2012). In order to gain environmental sustainability, the
methodology that should be followed b the oil and gas industries are as follows:
 Identification of the environmental impact
 Formulation of an environmental action plan
 Selecting and implementing measures
 Evaluation of the result
 Finally, disclosure of the information
Considering the fact that the mentioned industry is heavily investing in the renewable energy
field and energy storage systems, it is crucial for the industry to gather sufficient information to
critically evaluate the energy storage systems. This report will contain the merits and demerits of
energy preserving techniques along with their commercial availability rather than the
conventional storage system of battery. Apart from that, the impacts of these energy preservation

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systems and reutilization on the environment will be discussed. Additionally, the implementation
of waste management involving these energy storage systems will be also discussed along with
the life cycle of the products (Hartmann et al. 2012). Finally, cost-effective recommendations for
efficient energy storage for solar-PV and Wind-Turbines systems and scope of development in
the field of energy storages have been discussed in the report.
Discussion:
Discuss the positive and negative aspects of energy storage systems.
In this era of modernization, highly improved energy storage technologies offer the
consumers with a good number of environmental and economic benefits. While initially, the idea
of energy storage system was confined to AA batteries, due to the investment of Advanced
Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) department, the concept of energy storage has
broadened (Chen et al. 2013). Production of renewable energy is majorly associated with solar
power and wind. In spite of the fact that these sources of energy are renewable and clean, these
are not reliable since power from these energy sources cannot be produced if the wind stops
blowing or during the absence of the Sun. Considering the fact that these two sources of energy
are gaining importance to the energy economy of the world, it is crucial to invest on technologies
that allow energy producers to store energy so that they can be released when required. This, in
turn, will ensure a continuous flow of energy at the time of high demand, even when solar and
wind energy is unavailable.
The electric grid, that is, the interconnected network which delivers electricity from
suppliers to the consumers, does not possess any storage. However, an energy storage technology
used by several countries is pumped hydropower. This system pumps water to a reservoir located