Energy Storage Cooperation Project Investment Plan

What is the energy storage strategy & roadmap (SRM)?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap (SRM), a plan that provides strategic direction and identifies key opportunities to optimize DOE’s investment in future planning of energy storage research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects.

What is Doe's strategic investment in energy storage?

DOE’s strategic investment in energy storage aims to ensure that all Americans have access to energy storage innovations to enable resilient, reliable, secure, and affordable electricity systems and supplies.

What is energy storage?

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.

Can LPO finance energy storage projects?

LPO can finance short and long duration energy storage projects to increase flexibility, stability, resilience, and reliability on a renewables-heavy grid. Why Energy Storage?

What is the energy storage Grand Challenge (ESGC)?

In January 2020, DOE launched the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) to facilitate a department-wide strategy to accelerate the development, commercialization, and use of next-generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage.

What is the energy storage SRM?

Specifically, the draft Energy Storage SRM updates the earlier ESGC Roadmap in consideration of the progress made across the energy storage sector since 2020, as well as reflects DOE’s recent activities in support of its energy storage mission and vision.