OCED awarded five Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Demonstrations Lab Call projects with a combined $30 million in federal funding. OCED sought proposals from DOE’s National Laboratories to test and validate early-stage LDES systems that can operate for 10+ hours (Topic Area 1) and to demonstrate resilience of more mature LDES systems that are able to discharge for 24+ hours (Topic Area 2).
Awarded Lab Call projects under Topic Area 1: Greater than 100 kW and can discharge for 10+ hours include:
Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory: Long-Duration Energy Storage Testing of Organic Flow Battery Module and At-Scale Unit to Evaluate Microgrid Mission Readiness
Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory will work with CMBlu Enegy, Inc., a solid flow battery manufacturer, to enable economically viable electric vehicle fast charging with energy storage systems and enhancing microgrids in cold climates by providing load management and reliability.
Sandia National Laboratory: PARTICLE: A Moving-Particle Thermal Energy Storage Demonstration
Sandia National Laboratory will demonstrate an innovative 18-hour storage technology using particle-based thermal energy storage with sand as the medium and an existing thermoelectric generation system.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Demonstration of Electric Thermal Energy Storage for LDES on NREL’s Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems Platform Demonstration
National Renewable Energy Laboratory will demonstrate thermal energy storage highlighting the versatility of this technology and validating grid integration and controls.
Awarded Lab Call projects under Topic Area 2: Greater than 500 kW and can discharge for 24+ hours include:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Demonstration of Clean and Replicable Hydrogen-based LDES Systems for Resilience to Enable H2 Scale Deployment
National Renewable Energy Laboratory will demonstrate a clean hydrogen-battery hybrid system with 24+ and 72+ hour duration, key durations to de-risk for use at military installations, utilities, airports, and universities.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Installation of Long-Duration Vanadium Flow Battery for a Resilient and Cost-effective Microgrid
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will work with Invinity Energy Systems, a vanadium flow battery manufacturer, to demonstrate the flow battery performance with a 24-hour discharge duration technology. The system aims to meet critical loads during outages.
Once a project has been selected, both DOE and the selectee have the right to withdraw from the agreement negotiations. Selected projects under this program that are no longer moving forward in negotiations for federal funding: Sandia National Laboratory under Topic Area 2.