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  • U.S. Department of Energy Announces $2.25 Million American-Made Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today launched the American-Made Silicon Carbide (SiC)  Packaging Prize. This $2.25 million contest invites competitors to propose, design, build, and test state-of-the-art SiC semiconductor packaging prototypes to enable these devices to work more effectively in high-voltage environments such as energy storage. The prize is part of […] Read More

  • Sandians Discuss Distributed Energy Interconnection and Interoperability

    On February 26, 2024, Sandia National Laboratories staff were co-instructors for HalfMoon Education’s Distributed Energy Interconnection and Interoperability webinar. This webinar covered broader DER interconnection policy and technical standards content, plus narrower discussion specific to energy storage (ES) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G).  Sandia staff featured learning developed through Energy Storage (ES) program work within the Policy […] Read More

  • Sandians Lead Grid Storage Tutorial at 2024 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference

    On February 19, 2024, Sandia staff were co-instructors for the tutorial “How Grid Energy Storage Meets the Challenges of a Decarbonized Future”, at the 2024 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies conference in Washington DC.  This tutorial was organized and led by the IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery (ESSB) technical committee.  Sandia staff, in support […] Read More

  • Babu Chalama at Sandia National Laboratories Elected to National Academy of Engineering

    On February 6, 2024, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected as a new member for his advancement of battery storage systems Dr. Babu Chalamala, Senior Scientist for the Grid Modernization and Energy Storage program at Sandia National Laboratories, announced NAE President John L. Anderson. In total, there were 114 new members and 21 international […] Read More

  • Sandians Help Develop New Energy Storage Standards Through ESSB Committee

    From January 30 – February 2, 2024, Sandia staff participated in the 2024 IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery (ESSB) committee’s winter general meeting. The meeting was held in San Diego, CA, co-located with the IEEE EESAT conference. These ESSB biannual meetings cover committee-level administrative and planning activities, plus additional breakout meetings for individual standards […] Read More

  • Sandians Organize, Participate in 2024 IEEE Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT) Conference

    From January 29-30, 2024, Sandia staff members organized and participated in the 2024 IEEE Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT) conference in San Diego, CA. This year’s technical program centered around the theme of Long Duration Energy Storage and highlighted advances in electricity storage technologies including battery chemistries such as flow, sodium, zinc, and […] Read More

  • Sandians Assist in Revising IEEE 1547.4-2011 Standard

    On January 23, 2024, Sandia staff participated in the second meeting of the P1547.4 Working Group (WG). The P1547.4 WG, chaired by Michael Ropp of Sandia National Laboratories, is revising the IEEE Guide 1547.4-2011 “Guide for Design, Operation, Integration, and Interoperability of Intentional Electric Systems Islands.” This guide supplements the IEEE Standard 1547 for interconnection […] Read More

  • Sandians Published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society

    Reed Wittman and Yuliya Preger, members of the Safety & Reliability team in the Sandia Energy Storage program recently published the first part of a two-part study on the materials degradation of Li-ion batteries during long-term cycling in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. The paper titled “Characterization of Cycle-Aged Commercial NMC and NCA Lithium-ion […] Read More