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PNNL Hosts 2024 Energy Storage Safety & Reliability Forum
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) hosted the 2024 Energy Storage Safety & Reliability Forum on May 14-16 at Discovery Hall on the PNNL campus. The event provided about 200 guests the opportunity to learn about the latest developments, share lessons learned and best practices, and discuss the ongoing challenged of ensuring energy storage systems are […] Read More
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Graduate Student at CCNY Defends Ph.D. Dissertation
On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Jungsang Cho, a graduate student at the City College of New York (CCNY), under the tutelage of Professor Sanjoy Banerjee, successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled “Understanding the Application of Hydrogel Electrolytes for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Batteries.” Cho’s thesis work was the result of a collaborative effort with Sandia […] Read More
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Sandia’s David Rosewater Presents on Modernizing Battery Worker Safety Standards
As batteries have fallen in cost they are more commonly installed in cars, homes, business, and utility applications by a new workforce of battery technicians. This new workforce needs specific guidance for how to safely assemble, maintain, repair, and disassemble battery systems. As part of his efforts to modernize battery worker safety standards, David Rosewater, […] Read More
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Sandia’s Will McNamara Speaks about Decarbonization at a Pasadena, CA, Town Hall Meeting
Will McNamara, Energy Storage Policy Analyst at Sandia National laboratories, delivered a presentation on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the City of Pasadena (California) District 6 Town Hall meeting to help the city achieve its goal of becoming carbon-free by 2030. Will was introduced by the City’s Vice Mayor Steve Madison and spoke about the […] Read More
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Staff Scientists at Sandia Develop First Simulated Force Field Parameters for Zincate
Amalie Frischknecht and Mark Stevens at Sandia developed new parameters to use in molecular dynamics simulations of zincate ions in aqueous potassium hydroxide solutions. The results were published in an article titled “Force Fields for High Concentration Aqueous KOH Solutions and Zincate Ions,” published March 28, 2024, in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of […] Read More
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Sandians Contributed to Industry Education on Energy Storage and a Decarbonized Future
Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program team members participated as co-instructors on the “How Grid Energy Storage Meets the Challenges of a Decarbonized Future” tutorial at the 2024 IEEE PES T&D Conference May 6-9, 2024, in Anaheim, CA. This tutorial was organized and led by the IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery (ESSB) technical committee. […] Read More
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- Energy Department Awards $19 Million for Long-Duration Energy Storage in Remote Communities and Military HousingThe U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity has selected two companies to receive $19 million in awards to demonstrate long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in remote communities and military […]
- Sandia Scientist Stan Atcitty Recognized in Partnership with Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesDr. Stan Atcitty was featured in the Winds of Change magazine, published by American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). AISES is a national nonprofit organization focused on increasing the […]
- Department of Energy Releases Several Reports Supporting Long Duration Energy StorageDepartment of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE OE) has published a series of reports supporting their Long Duration Storage Shot, which aims to develop specific and quantifiable RD&D pathways to […]
- Energy Department Awards $1.2 Million in Funding for Storage Social Equity InitiativeThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced it selected four organizations to receive funding under the Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) Initiative. ES4SE is designed […]
- Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Time Is NowHow can US states with aggressive decarbonization goals coupled with federal decarbonization goals have energy when they need it? Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is a likely candidate. LDES systems are […]
- Energy Department Selects Six National Laboratories to Validate Battery Energy Storage PerformanceThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Electricity (OE) announced a team of six DOE national laboratories to receive a total of $2 million to carry out the Rapid […]
- DOE Announces Energy Storage Innovations Prize WinnersThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the ten winners of the inaugural American-Made Energy Storage Innovations Prize. The American-Made Challenge calls for solutions to […]
- U.S. Department of Energy Opportunity: Rapid Operational Validation Initiative for Flow BatteriesThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a lab call to develop the Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI), which will address critical gaps in data needs to evaluate energy […]
- DOE Announces First Loan Guarantee for a Clean Energy Project in Nearly a DecadeThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it closed on a $504.4 million loan guarantee to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah — marking the first loan […]
- DOE Selects 14 Communities to Leverage Energy Storage to Increase Resiliency and Long-term AffordabilityThe Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) Energy Storage Program has selected 14 communities from more than 60 applicants to receive technical assistance from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as part of […]