State grid shortlisted energy storage batteries

Are battery energy storage systems the key to grid resilience?

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) store and hold energy until it's needed, but they are proving to be key to solving grid capacity and resilience issues, as energy demand skyrockets and old infrastructure lags behind.

Is energy storage a viable resource for future power grids?

With declining technology costs and increasing renewable deployment, energy storage is poised to be a valuable resource on future power grids—but what is the total market potential for storage technologies, and what are the key drivers of cost-optimal deployment?

How are battery energy storage resources developing?

For the most part, battery energy storage resources have been developing in states that have adopted some form of incentive for development, including through utility procurements, the adoption of favorable regulations, or the engagement of demonstration projects.

What are the different types of energy storage policy?

Approximately 16 states have adopted some form of energy storage policy, which broadly fall into the following categories: procurement targets, regulatory adaption, demonstration programs, financial incentives, and consumer protections. Below we give an overview of each of these energy storage policy categories.

Can flow batteries be used for large-scale electricity storage?

Associate Professor Fikile Brushett (left) and Kara Rodby PhD ’22 have demonstrated a modeling framework that can help speed the development of flow batteries for large-scale, long-duration electricity storage on the future grid. Brushett photo: Lillie Paquette. Rodby photo: Mira Whiting Photography

Is energy storage a threat to renewables?

And energy storage is coming along to help fill the gaps in renewables," Nelson said, addressing concerns about what happens to solar or wind when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. He doesn't view the growth of renewables and storage as a threat to the state's traditional energy sources.