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RELAC Storage Training Series
GCAP and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), under the RELAC initiative, will support development of targeted and tailored energy storage proposals/action plans for the RELAC countries, a foundation to drive investment and policy action that accelerate deployment of energy storage across the region.
“REnewables in Latin America and the Caribbean” or RELAC is a regional initiative across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that was created at the end of 2019, within the framework of the United Nations Climate Action Summit, with the objective of reaching at least 70% of renewable energy participation in the region’s electricity matrix by 2030. 16 countries are members (Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay), and others are in discussions to join.
GCAP and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), under the RELAC initiative, will support development of targeted and tailored energy storage proposals/action plans for the RELAC countries, a foundation to drive investment and policy action that accelerate deployment of energy storage across the region. This will be achieved through a technical capacity building workshop series focused on training key stakeholders and decision makers from the RELAC countries on a broad spectrum of topics related to energy storage including: technical applications, planning, virtual power plants, system operations, flexibility, distributed energy resources, battery economics, supply chain and manufacturing, circular economy, regulation, and key technical tools available through NREL.
During this workshop series, and with continued support from NREL specialists, the countries will propose, refine and finalize their country-specific action plans, to present at the end of the workshop series. The workshop series will be implemented as a hybrid approach, including virtual webinars, interactive discussions, dedicated technical assistance provided to all participating countries, and an in-person 1-week trip to NREL for nominated participants from each participating country to see storage technologies in operation, meet with NREL’s subject matter experts, and have the opportunity to receive tailored feedback and engage in deep-dive discussions on the country-specific action plans.