Introduction to completed energy storage product projects

Energy storage solutions can provide flexible daily renewable ramp rates, balance out power capacity changes during weather abnormalities, optimise renewable outputs to achieve maximum payback during peak periods, and enhance operations when these solutions integrate with existing assets to benefit the overall operations of a power network.

The goal of the DOE Energy Storage Program is to develop advanced energy storage technologies and systems in collaboration with industry, academia, and government institutions that will increase the reliability, performance, and sustainability of electricity generation and transmission in the electric grid and in standalone systems.

Often they will request the right to add storage, and the offtaker will typically receive an option to enter into an offtake agreement concerning such added storage. The next major contract needed to successfully develop an energy storage project is an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract.

In the case of a stand-alone energy storage system, the project company can charge from the network at a time to be agreed upon with the system operator. Behind-the-meter energy storage systems will generally be treated like any other electricity consumer.

The earliest grid-scale energy storage technology is pumped hydroelectric storage, introduced to the grid in the 1930s. Significant capacity growth has continued since, and pumped hydro is still the dominant technology in energy storage on a capacity basis.

Energy storage encompasses an array of technologies that enable energy produced at one time, such as during daylight or windy hours, to be stored for later use. LPO can finance commercially ready projects across storage technologies, including flywheels, mechanical technologies, electrochemical technologies, thermal storage, and chemical storage.