Hopefully you've heard about the DOE's $3.9 billion funding opportunity through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program to deploy grid-critical projects and improve power sector infrastructure. It’s only available to public entities like yours. 

The funding includes deploying non-lithium-ion energy storage technologies to provide resilience benefits and better integrate variable renewable energy and electrification load. Being the most commercially advanced long-duration energy storage manufacturer in the U.S., ESS is very well-positioned to enable our utility partners to capture this funding. 

Projects DOE Are Interested In  

As part of GRIP’s Grid Innovation Program, DOE is interested in energy storage projects that deploy non-lithium-ion battery technologies and address one of the following conditions:    

• Deployed in areas that experience climate impact    
   
• Reduce energy burden and increase resilience for disadvantaged communities  
   
• Deliver reliable, resilient distribution system operations  
   
• Accelerate transmission expansion and renewable energy interconnection   
   
• Provide demand response and grid services through behind-the-meter projects  

Partner with ESS for Best Results    

We want to work with you to take advantage of this DOE funding opportunity, as we believe a long-duration energy storage project leveraging our expertise would help meet your resiliency goals now and in the future. ESS Inc. is an Oregon-based manufacturer of safe and sustainable iron flow batteries. Commercially available since 2022, ESS iron flow batteries are ideally suited to deliver the cost-effective resiliency and grid stabilization benefits that GRIP supports:    

• Proven projects and partnerships with utilities including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (2GWh partnership with ESS), Turlock Irrigation District and Burbank Water and Power; 
   
• Field-proven technology manufactured in the U.S.; UL 9540 certified;  
   
• No risk of thermal runaway, allowing ESS batteries to be safely sited in communities, wildfire prone regions, and other strategic locations where grid resiliency is critical, but fire risk is unacceptable;  
   
• 25-year design life with unlimited cycling and no degradation, providing maximum operational flexibility for grid firming and renewable asset utilization. 
   

Take Action Before the DOE Deadline   

Fill out the form to set up a meeting and discuss how your utility can partner with ESS to make the most of the GRIP program. Concept Papers for GRIP are due on January 12, 2024, and full applications are due on April 17, 2024.