Course Agenda

February 4 - 5, 2020

Storage

  • History of storage
  • The evolution of the power grid and the growing need for energy storage
  • Process, non-battery energy storage, batteries

Regulatory Framework: Policy and Rate Structures

  • Understanding the policy landscape relevant to storage at the federal level  
  • State and local policy drivers o Storage-specific initiatives

Long-duration Batteries

  • Battery chemistry
  • Diversity of chemistry – 200 + and counting (periodic table illustration)
  • Lithium-ion BESS
  • Things to know and think about
  • Safety
  • Major components in a BESS

Battery Storage Use Cases

  • Wholesale energy market
  • Distribution energy market
  • Utility operations
  • Renewable locations (e.g. Solar+Storage)
  • Residential
  • EV charging
  • Critical facilities
  • Other

Building a Business Case

  • Typical benefit categories
  • Regional differences
  • Costs

Utility-scale Implementation

  • Lessons learned
  • Addressing local constraints and systems
  • How to avoid impacting end users

System Resiliency

AC/DC-Coupled Systems

  • Difference in efficiency
  • Components involved
  • What they do
  • Major components

Design Considerations

  • Li-Ion and other “square” batteries
  • Flow batteries

Implementation

  • Typical work plan at a high level
  • Typical timelines

Operational Risks

Conducting Inspections and Maintenance

Assisting with Refurbishing and/or De-commissioning

  • Environmental considerations
  • Recycling

Integrators

Case Studies

  • Island nations or small grids

The Future of Battery Storage

  • What’s next
  • Ideal energy user profiles

Questions?

   (626) 793-9364 ext. 212
   jchu@scppa.org