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The DOE Office of Electricity: Revolutionizing the Future Electricity Grid

The DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage program works to improve storage reliability, resilience, and safety for our Nation’s future grid. It aims to reduce costs and increase the reliability of storage so that a grid powered by nearly 100 percent renewable energy can become our reality. Learn more about its missions, work, and the future of our electricity grid in this video.

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    00:00:00 [Music] foreign [Music] supply of clean renewable energy is a very good Target however wind and solar generation rely on the weather to move turbines or power panels leading to a variability in the energy they produce and these systems are also often built

    00:00:25 in remote locations far away from population centers distance and intermittency must be overcome to fully rely on these clean sources of energy the solution is energy storage storage saves up extra energy for use when Nature isn't cooperating improvements to today's storage Technologies can be deployed everywhere and can benefit

    00:00:47 everyone at the office of electricity's energy storage program we're doing something about that we're partnering with National Labs a diverse set of universities and the energy Community to find ways to reduce costs and increase the safety and reliability of storage technology so that a grid powered by nearly 100

    00:01:08 percent renewable energy can become a practical reality in our country foreign so what are these energy storage systems the one you're most familiar with is the battery the first rechargeable batteries were created in the mid 19th century using lead acid chemistry the same type of battery still found in gas powered cars

    00:01:31 today's utility scale batteries on the grid are most commonly made from lithium-ion mostly deployed in the mid 20th century pumped Hydro systems use water to store energy still the most commonly used type of energy storage on the grid today we're on the brink of a new electric era thanks to advances in energy storage Technologies this new

    00:01:54 generation of storage has the potential to completely transform our current grid into the grid of the future all storage systems help balance load and generation to ensure the stability reliability and resilience of our electricity Grid at all times system operators did not have this capability before so the mass deployment of storage Technologies creates new

    00:02:18 functionalities including a pathway to a decarbonized grid so what is it going to take to realize the future potential of energy storage systems most of today's energy storage Technologies store energy for just a few hours however the clean grid of the future needs daily weekly and seasonal systems for a variety of grid needs

    00:02:40 currently storage systems can be expensive due to high material costs and Reliance on volatile Supply chains for critical minerals newly developed systems need extensive validation so that they can operate reliably and safely before they are deployed to the grid storage technology must lead the way in providing underserved communities with

    00:03:02 reliable access to clean affordable electricity the office of electricity develops solutions for all of these challenges we're funding r d into affordable abundant and domestically manufacturable materials components and systems we're advancing promising technologies that will deliver lower cost longer duration energy storage we're providing technical assistance and

    00:03:26 decision making tools to utilities State regulators and communities on how to effectively deploy storage to meet their unique needs we are investing in state-of-the-art facilities developing novel testing and validation capabilities and supporting at scale deployments to boost industry support for new storage Technologies we're studying batteries under extreme

    00:03:48 operating conditions to gain a better understanding of why systems fail and how to predict failure before it occurs our breakthroughs in energy storage technology will ensure a safe reliable and affordable grid storage will play a key role in powering our country with clean reliable energy it's a big goal and we're up for the challenge join us on our mission to support energy

    00:04:13 storage and learn more about the office of electricity at our website [Music]