U.S. DOE Energy Storage Handbook

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Handbook (ESHB) is for readers interested in the fundamental concepts and applications of grid-level energy storage systems (ESSs). The ESHB provides high-level technical discussions of current technologies, industry standards, processes, best practices, guidance, challenges, lessons learned, and projections about energy storage as an emerging and enabling technology. Projects and applications span the gamut of the electricity delivery system: generation, transmission, and distribution.

The ESHB is a peer-reviewed document, comprising 25 chapters with approximately 60 contributing authors. The ESHB is divided into three distinct sections: Energy Storage Technologies, Engineering Storage Systems, and Applications and Markets.

NOTE: The development of the Handbook is ongoing and chapters will be posted on this page as they are finalized.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction
Author: Dr. Imre Gyuk

Part I. Technologies

Chapter 2: Lead-Acid and Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Technologies
Author: Chris Searles

Chapter 3: Lithium-ion Batteries
Authors: Yuliya Preger, Loraine Torres-Castro, Jim McDowell

Chapter 4: Sodium-Based Battery Technologies
Authors: Erik D. Spoerke, Martha M. Gross, Leo J. Small, Stephen J. Percival

Chapter 5: Rechargeable Zinc Batteries
Authors: Matthew Lim, Tim Lambert

Chapter 6: Redox Flow Batteries
Authors: Leo Small, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt

Chapter 7: Flywheels
Author: Don Bender

Chapter 8: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
Authors: Ujjwol Tamrakar, Atri Bera, Abbas Akhil, Babu R. Chalamala, Tu Nguyen

Chapter 9: Pumped Hydroelectric Storage (PHS)
Authors: Atri Bera, Budi Gunawan, Andrew G. Benson, Raymond H. Byrne, Babu R. Chalamala, Vincent Tidwell, Joydeep Mitra

Chapter 10: Supercapacitors
Author: Hengzhao Yang

Chapter 11: Hydrogen Energy Storage
Authors: Alexander Headley, Susan Schoenung

Chapter 12: Thermal Energy Storage Technologies
Authors: Clifford K. Ho, Andrea Ambrosini

Part II. Engineering Storage Systems

Chapter 13: Power Conversion Systems
Authors: Jacob Mueller, Stan Atcitty, Mike Ropp

Chapter 14: Integrating Energy Storage – Grid Interconnection Standards
Authors: Howard Passell, Charlie Vartanian, Will McNamara, Jeremy Twitchell, Sam Ojetola, Pramod Kulkarni

Chapter 15: Energy Storage Management Systems
Authors: Tu Nguyen, Ray Byrne, David Rosewater, Rodrigo Trevizan

Chapter 16: Energy Storage Performance Testing
Authors: David Rosewater, David Schoenwald

Chapter 17: Safety of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
Authors: Joshua Lamb, John Hewson, Yuliya Preger, Loraine Torres-Castro, David Rosewater, Randy Shurtz, Andrew Kurzawski, Reed Wittman, Chris Searles

Chapter 18: Physical Security and Cybersecurity of Energy Storage Systems
Authors: Jay Johnson, Rodrigo Trevizan, Jeffrey Hoaglund, Tu Nguyen

Chapter 19: Stability Analysis of Energy Storage Integration in Power Systems
Authors: Ujjwol Tamrakar, Hyungjin Choi, Reinaldo Tonkoski

Chapter 20: Procurement
Authors: Todd Olinsky-Paul, Dan Borneo, Susan Schoenung

Chapter 21: Commissioning
Authors: Susan Schoenung, Dan Borneo, Ben Schenkman

Chapter 22: Energy Storage Deployments and Lessons Learned
Authors: Waylon Clark, Henry Guan, Susan Schoenung, Benjamin Schenkman

Part III. Applications and Markets

Chapter 23: Applications and Grid Services
Authors: Tu Nguyen, Raymond Byrne, Rodrigo Trevizan, Alvaro Bastos, Felipe Wilches-Bernal, Ricky Concepcion, Reinaldo Tonkoski, Alexander Headley

Chapter 24: Energy Storage Policy & Analysis
Author: Will McNamara

Chapter 25: Energy Storage System Pricing
Authors: Richard Baxter, Ray Byrne