Pilots and Demos Database
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This database compiles and presents a variety of energy storage pilot and demonstrations projects around the world. The entries can be organized and filtered in various ways, including by vendor and product name, technology type, size and capacity, installation location and date, project description and partners. The database is a work in progress and always expanding, so please feel free to provide information about other projects to include and feedback for improvements to the team.
| TT | VC | PL | Country | Status | PC | EC | D | DA | DC | ADP | EPRI | PP1 | PP2 | PP3 | C | S |
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| Phase Change Materials | 1414 Degrees | Australia | OP | 2,000 kWh | 4+ hr | 2019 | Energy value shifting, High-temperature output for industrial processes, Flexible energy output, Long-duration energy storage, Hybrid integration into fossil fuel power plants, High-temperature industrial processes, Decarbonization of heat | N/A | Verification testing for GAS-TESS projects, South Australian Power Networks | |||||||
| Sodium Ion | Adena Power | Sodium solid-state battery systems | United States | P | 1,070 kWh | 6-18 hr | 2022 | 2025 | Validation testing at various scales, commercialization of sodium solid-state technology | Current participation, involved in Incubatenergy Lab Program | Nuvation Energy | Duke Energy | Ohio State University | The technology is in early stages with a focus on safety, cost, and scaling up manufacturing. | ||
| Gravitational | Advanced Rail | United States | A | 50,000 kW | 0.25-10 | 2016 | 2021 | Grid services, including load leveling, renewable integration, frequency regulation, and ancillary services such as ramping and voltage support. | provide research, development, and analysis to assess and validate the performance, feasibility, and potential benefits of the Advanced Rail Energy Storage technology for grid applications. | U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Environmental Approval) | ||||||
| Liquid Salt | Airthium | France | P | 10-40 | 2022 (1-kW prototype), 2024 (100-kW demonstration plant) | Daily and seasonal energy storage using molten nitrate salts and ammonia | Air Liquide (Research Center) | |||||||||
| Ceramic | Alumina Energy | United States | P | 6-24 hr | 2020 (Pilot) | Distributed and utility energy generation | Alumina Energy is developing mid-duration energy storage systems using particle storage materials. | |||||||||
| Flywheel | Amber Kinetics | United States | A | 0.128 kW | 0.5 kWh | 4 | 2016 | 2018 | Grid stabilization, renewable energy storage, frequency regulation, and energy shifting. | Hawaiian Electric (System Operator) | Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) (System Operator) | Yungao Renewables (System Operator) | Unlike many other flywheel systems that focus on short-duration, high-power applications, Amber Kinetics' flywheel is designed for longer-duration energy storage, competing with lithium-ion batteries The company has also scaled up its manufacturing capabilities with a facility in the Philippines, aiming to produce 1,800 to 2,000 flywheels annually. | |||
| Compressed Air | Augwind AirBattery | Israel | A | 4-12 hr | 2019 | 2023 | Energy shifting, long-duration energy storage, multi-cycling per day, spinning reserve, and potential support for black start and fast frequency response with added capacitors. | Siemens (PLC-SCADA System Supplier) | ||||||||
| Lithium Ion | Cadenza Innovation, Inc. | United States | OP | 50 kW | 250 kWh | 2-10 hr | 2022 | Peak shaving, backup power, grid energy storage, electric vehicles (future market) | N/A | New York Power Authority (NYPA) (System Integration) | Morgan Advanced Materials(Materials Development) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (R&D Collaboration) | The superCell technology focuses on safety, cost reduction, and scalability. It has undergone various testing and has started deployment in peak shaving and grid storage applications. | |||
| Carbon Dioxide | EarthEn Energy | United States | A | 4-100+ | 2020 | 2024 | Long-duration energy storage, grid resilience, industrial applications, and electric vehicle fleet charging. | Provides research support or evaluation as the technology progresses through its development stages. | Black & Veatch (Engineering Study) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Innovation Crossroad Program, Heat Exchanger Development) | United States Department of Energy (Funding and Support) | |||||
| Concrete | EnergyNest | Norway | OP | 400 kW | >4 | 2020-12-07 | 2021 (for the Eni CSP plant in Italy) | Integration into thermal power plants, industrial processes, standalone TES system, offset fossil fuels, reduce GHG emissions | EPRI validates and assesses EnergyNest’s TES system, guiding integration, performance, optimization, and efficiency improvements. | HeidelbergCement | Eni (Gela, Sicily, Italy CSP plant) | Yara (Porsgrunn, Norway fertilizer plant) | Modular TES system using HEATCRETE® and steel casings, scalable to several GWht, validated in pilot and commercial projects | |||
| Sodium Ion | Inlyte Energy | United States | P | 80 kW | 1,500 kWh | 2025 | late-2025 | Validate long duration energy storage performance for larger future applications, provide grid services. | Document project results and share lessons learned with utilities across the country. | Southern Company | https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/inlyte-energy-storage-tech-utility | |||||
| Second-Life Lithium Ion | Nuvation Energy | Norway | OP | 1,000 kW | 700 kWh | 2021 | Utility grid transmission and distribution upgrade deferral; the custom-built Nuvation BESS utilizes second-life Nissan Leaf battery packs and Nuvation BMS/EMS. | N/A | ECO STOR | https://nuvationenergy.com/news/eco-stor-and-nuvation-energy-roll-out-second-life-energy-storage-systems/ | ||||||
| Sodium Ion | Peak Energy | United States | P | 1,500 kW | 6,000 kWh | 2024 | mid-2025 | Enable renewable energy integration and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, demonstrate cost-effective sodium-ion battery performance at scale. | N/A | Six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and electric utility companies. | Focused on a particular sodium ion chemistry: sodium iron phosphate pyrophosphate (NFPP) | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/peak-energy-on-track-to-rapidly-scale-sodium-ion-battery-manufacturing-in-the-us-to-secure-future-of-renewable-energy-302198843.html | ||||
| Zinc-Manganese-Dioxide | Urban Electric Power | United States | OP | 63 kW | 1,000 kWh | 1 hr | 2022 | Supports demand response, a solar microgrid, and high-rate uninterruptible power supply (UPS) backup power. | N/A | City College New York (CCNY) | Tested as long duration (10 hour) and short duration (1 hour) backup power source. | https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/energy/about/energy-storage/ |