Energy Storage Hub

But clean energy alone isn’t enough. We also need to be able to store the energy generated from clean sources in order to access it when the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing as strongly, or to help prevent a power outage when there is peak demand for electricity—especially in summer months.

Energy storage is a key part of a future powered largely by clean energy, and it should be widely and equitably available. With renewable energy and battery storage, communities can become more resilient to climate impacts that are becoming more frequent.

This Energy Storage Hub is a collection of resources to help you with everything from learning how energy storage technology works and where it needs improvement to what we can do right now to promote wider adoption of energy storage to maximize benefits for the climate and all communities.

Facts about energy storage and technology

• How Storage Works Explainer

• Frequently Asked Questions about Community-Level and Large-Scale Battery Energy Storage (UCS FAQ)

• Preguntas frecuentes sobre el almacenamiento de energía en baterías a nivel comunitario y a gran escala (UCS FAQ en español)

• Why Solar-with-Storage is a Leap Forward (UCS Blog)

• Energy Storage Technology Will Ramp Up Renewables (UCS Podcast)

• ¿Qué es el almacenamiento energético? La clave para alcanzar un mundo renovable (UCS Podcast)

• To Understand Energy Storage, You Must Understand ELCC (UCS Blog)

• Cracking the Code on Recycling Energy Storage Batteries (UCS Blog)

Equitable energy storage policy advocacy

• Consensus Principles of Equitable Energy Storage Policy Design (UCS Report)

• How to Ensure Energy Storage Policies Are Equitable (UCS Policy Brief)

• Legislative Language for Equitable Energy Storage (UCS How-to Guide)

• Lenguaje legislativo para el almacenamiento energético equitativo (UCS How-to Guide en español)

• Michigan Utility Regulators Rejected Home Battery Pilot Project. Here’s Why That Is a Good Thing. (UCS Blog)

Additional resources

• Energy Storage in California (UCS Explainer)

• Five Facts about Energy Storage that Every Californian Should Know (UCS Blog)

• Putting Communities First in Deploying Energy Storage (UCS Blog)

• How States Can Make Energy Storage Work for Communities (UCS Blog)