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Sandians Promote Codes and Standards to Facilitate Adoption of Long Duration Energy Storage
Sandia staff led and participated in the Regulation and Standards panel at the 2nd annual Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) National Consortium Workshop held at the IBEW Electrical Training Institute in Los Angeles, on September 11, 2024. This panel gave an overview of key codes and standards (C&S) covering energy storage safety and reliability, and […] Read More
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Sandia Engineer Appointed Associate Editor at Major Technical Journal
Dr. Ujjwol Tamrakar, an Electrical Engineer in the Analytics & Controls area of the Sandia Energy Storage program at Sandia National Laboratories, was appointed Associate Editor for the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE), a leading journal in the field of power and energy systems. IEEE OAJPE is technical journal containing articles […] Read More
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Sandia Celebrates Successful Battery Installation with Vermont Electric Cooperative/Green Mountain Power
Henry Guan and Waylon Clark, members of the Sandia Energy Storage Demonstrations Projects team, along with Dr. Ray Byrne, Sandia Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department Manager, attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 16, 2024, for the Vermont Electric Cooperative/Green Mountain Power North Troy Battery Energy Storage Demonstration Project. Also in attendance was […] Read More
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Sandians Contributed to Advancing Industry Understanding of BESS as a Grid Enhancing Technology
Charlie Vartanian, a member of the Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program, presented at the EUCI webinar “Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) Fundamentals, held July 29-30, 2024. Charlie presented and moderated the panel “GETs Attributes & Grid Applications.” The panel assembled by Charlie included speakers from ISO-New England and Southern California Edison. This EUCI webinar provided a […] Read More
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Sandians Contributed to Industry Education on Interconnecting Energy Storage to Utility Grids
Members of the Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program participated as co-authors and co-instructors for a tutorial on the IEEE 1547 Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Standard at the 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July 21-25, 2024, in Seattle, WA. This tutorial was organized by IEEE Standards Committee 21 which manages the set […] Read More
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Sandian Hosts Power Grid Decarbonization Panel Session at IEE PES GM
Dr. Atri Bera and Dr. Cody Newlun, electrical engineers in the Analytics & Controls area of the Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program, chaired and organized a panel at the 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting in Seattle, WA. The panel session, held July 23, 2024, was titled “Role of Energy Storage […] Read More
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Sandia Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Experts Discuss Li-Ion Batteries with Fire Protection Engineers
On June 5, 2024, two members of the Safety & Reliability thrust in the Sandia Energy Storage program gave invited presentations at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Engineering Solutions Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona. The focus of the symposium was “Progress with Li-Ion Battery Fire Safety: Engineering Solutions to Mobility and Storage Hazards. Dr. […] Read More
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Sandia and CUNY Partner to Examine Water-in-Salt Electrolytes
A team of researchers from the City College of New York and Sandia National Laboratories (Contact: Timothy N. Lambert) examined the impact of different acetate-based super-concentrated (or “water-in-salt”) electrolytes on zinc electrochemical performance at currents and material utilizations of practical relevance to industry (0.3-8 mA/cm2 and ~20 mAh/cm2 respectively). Data was collected to understand the […] Read More
