Storage Integration including but also Beyond Batteries | Decarbonizing the Grid | Bits and Watts
Channel: Stanford ENERGY
Date: 09/04/2021

Large-scale battery storage systems are increasingly being used across the power grid in the United States. Over 90% of large-scale battery storage power capacity in the United States was provided by batteries based on lithium-ion chemistries.  Beyond battery (Lithium-ion), we also need to advance other long-duration storage technologies to decrease the need for building peak power plants. The innovative work in this area would be to develop technoeconomic targets for lifetime, efficiency, and cost for various storage durations; explore novel non-Li-ion energy storage technologies and their grid applications. Storage is not a generation source but a way of buffering diurnal & seasonal fluctuations. But costs are high and interface with generation may be difficult.

Panelists: 
• Mike Gravley - Team Lead and Senior Electrical Engineer for the Energy Systems at California Energy Commission 
• Nick Irvin: Director, Energy Production research and Development at Southern Company
• Stephan Hendrickson: Program Manager, Office of Technology Transitions: Co-Track Lead of Technology Transition, DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge at U.S. Dept. of Energy

Moderator: Will Chueh, Assoc. Professor Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty Co-Director Stanford StorageX