Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) 101

December 9-10, 2024 | Online :: Central Time

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“Great class. Full of information to help bring to light the technology of a clean/green energy future.” –   Senior Engineer, Quanta Utility Engineering Services (QUES)

“Great overview of emerging and current technologies in the LDES space with diverse perspectives from utilities, manufacturers and other renewable/resilient energy focused organizations.” – Mechanical Engineer, The RMH Group

Long duration energy storage (LDES) is now pushing its way into mainstream evaluation as the grid adapts to the radical shift from traditional baseload generation to renewable energy resources.  Though Lithium-Ion technologies continue to hold sway in the short duration arena, concerns about raw material supplies, operating characteristics, scalability and safety will impact their expansion into LDES territory.

This course explores the growing need for long duration energy storage and how it fits with the grid operating requirements of utilities, ISOs and RTOs.  The program will examine how policymakers, regulators and power organizations are influencing the advance of long duration energy storage. Specific types and technologies of long duration storage will be discussed and evaluated, including relative costs and capabilities of different technologies. Finally, the symposium will consider the trajectory of how and when these energy storage solutions can provide the essential bridging functions to 24-hour/7-day/365-day (8760) renewable energy grid operations.

Learning Outcomes

• Review the history and background of energy storage
• Discuss what long duration is today and what will it be when renewables provide 50% of the total energy
• Discuss the growing need for long duration energy storage to accommodate the growing increase of renewable generation on the grid
• Illustrate the applications for energy storage across the energy industry
• Review the policy and regulatory environment for long duration storage
• Identify the various long duration storage technologies, including pumped storage, flow and non-lithium batteries, gravity and hydrogen
• Review several long duration storage pilot projects and case studies
• Assess the relative costs and capabilities of different technologies
• Examine the future outlook and projected outcomes for long duration storage in the next decade or more

Monday, December 9, 2024 : Central Time

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. :: Overview and Introductions

9:15 – 10:30 a.m. :: Survey of Long Duration Storage

• History of storage
• Understanding the current mix of storage
• Why storage will be required with intermittent renewables by 2035
• Definition of long duration storage
• Relationship of existing lithium-ion storage deployment to the role and timing of long duration storage deployment
  • Storage accreditation for capacity / resource adequacy
  • Diurnal and seasonal dimensions
• Uptake trajectory and timing
  • Based on current policy, what is the likely forecast for 2035 and 2050

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. :: Policy and Regulatory Drivers

• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) incentives
• U.S. DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO)
• Domestic supply considerations
• Supply chain aspects
• Decarbonization influences

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. :: Lunch break

1:00 – 2:45 p.m. :: Long Duration Technologies

• Introduction to the key characteristics for LDES
  • Pumped storage
  • Compressed air
  • Batteries
    • Flow
    • Zinc
    • Sodium
    • Iron-based chemistries
    • Other chemistries
  • Thermal
  • Hydrogen and eFuels
  • Gravity-based storage

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. :: Afternoon Break

3:00 – 4:45 p.m. :: Technology Evaluation

• Descriptions of the different technologies
• Services provided
• Round-trip efficiencies
• Environmental and siting issues
• Time-scale range
• Safety
• Energy density
• Testing and warranties
• Physical footprint
• Scalability
• Domestic content
• Commercial availability and delivery timelines
• Supply chain

4:45 p.m. :: Course Adjourns for Day

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 : Central Time

 

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. :: Relative Costs and Capabilities of Different Technologies

• Construction lead times
• Costs
  • CapEx
  • OpEx
  • Profit model
• Integration and hybrid operation
• Performance aspects
  • Energy shifting
  • Capacity firming and dispatchability
  • Renewable power integration
  • Ancillary services
• Augmentation
• End of Life

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. :: Converting Promise in to Action

• Value recognition in wholesale electricity markets
• Regulatory barriers
• Benefits
• Obstacles and opportunities to deployment
• “Early movers”

12:30 p.m. :: Course Adjournment

Doug Houseman is Senior Managing Consultant for 1898 & Co., a division of Burns and McDonnell.  He has been working on storage issues since 1980, when he was involved with a number of DOD projects.  As a long-time industry veteran, he has worked on all seven continents and in more than 70 countries on grid-related issues.  Before joining the Burns & McDonnell organization, Mr. Houseman was Vice President for Technical Innovation at EnerNex, and the CTO for Energy at Capgemini.  He is the retired Chairman of the IEEE PES Grid and Emerging Technology Coordinating Committee, a member of several standards working groups, and the author of CEATIs Distribution Utility Technology Roadmap, as well as the Low Carbon Menu.  In addition, Mr. Houseman is a NIST Resiliency Fellow.

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Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) 101

December 9-10, 2024 | Online

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Credits

EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs for this event.

Requirements For Successful Completion Of Program

Participants must log in and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case studies and PowerPoint presentations will be used in this program.

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 11.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

Individuals working in the following areas will benefit from attending this event:

• Storage project developers and integrators
• Renewable energy project developers
• Utility management
• Technical staff
• Regulators
• RTOs/ISOs
• Consultants
• Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
• Renewables system project managers
• Solicitation / procurement staff
• Resource planning staff
• Regulatory staff