The purpose of the Energy Storage portfolio is to develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective large battery technology that enables the storage of surplus energy and the integration of renewables, in particular solar, with grid. It aims to address technical barriers (scientific and engineering) in battery technologies to enable their adaptation for solar energy applications; the objectives also include the development and deployment of battery field demonstrations to assist in testing, validation and benchmarking of battery technologies that can meet solar technology needs. Energy storage portfolio also aims to explore emerging energy storage technologies to identify opportunities and develop innovative solutions (discover/invent materials, processes, systems and intellectual property). The energy storage Laboratory with state of the art equipment can host and train Qatari students, post-doc and professors.
The key deliverables of the Energy Storage Portfolio are: