The United States Department of Energy's Global Energy Storage Database (GESDB) is a free-access database of energy storage projects and policies funded by the U.S. DOE, Office of Electricity, and Sandia National Labs.
In 2013, the database covered 409 projects; it aimed to cover all energy storage projects globally by 2014. By 2020, it covered 1,686 projects, comprising 22 gigawatt power of US grid storage capacity. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is around 90% of the energy capacity. Storage facilities are 80% efficient.
See also
- List of energy storage projects
- Energy storage
- Hydroelectricity
- Hydropower
- United States Department of Energy
References
- "DOE Global Energy Storage Database". gesdb.sandia.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- Siegel, RP (25 February 2013). "The Pros and Cons of Energy Storage Systems". Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit. Triple Pundit.
- "Search Projects". Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- Administration, U. S. Energy Information (12 February 2021). "Utility-Scale Batteries & Pumped Storage Return About 80% of the Electricity they Store". CleanTechnica. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021.
in 2019, the U.S. utility-scale battery fleet operated with an average monthly round-trip efficiency of 82%, and pumped-storage facilities operated with an average monthly round-trip efficiency of 79%. The {pumped-storage} facilities collectively account for 21.9 gigawatts (GW) of capacity and for 92% of the country's total energy storage capacity as of November 2020.