ECS 17th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVII)

The International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells has been the preeminent meeting on SOFC science, technology, and applications for over 30 years, consistently attracting hundreds of the leaders in the field. Join us for five days of learning, networking, and collaborating.

Meeting registration is required and will open in April 2021. Please note that all participants, including authors and invited speakers, are required to pay meeting registration fees.

IEEE PES 2021 General Meeting

Super Sessions Topics

  • Grid Resiliency
  • Resource and Transmission Adequacy for Future Power System
  • Grid Edge – Devices, Control, Applications, and System Operation
  • Impact of Climate Change on the Power Grid
  • Late Breaking News Session

NV Energy Electricity Storage Valuation Study Released

Sandia National Laboratories’ Electric Power Systems Research Dept. and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Advanced Power and Energy Systems Group have released a jointly authored report that examines how grid-level electricity storage might benefit the operations of NV Energy in 2020, and assesses whether those benefits justify the cost of the storage system.

Titled “NV Energy Electricity Storage Valuation” (PDF, 933 kb), the report finds that grid-level storage adds the most value to the 2020 NV Energy system by providing regulating reserve, and that a grid-level storage facility in the 2020 NV Energy system may have a positive net present value at today’s storage system prices, provided that regulating reserve from a fast ramp rate resource is valued more than that from a slow ramp rate resource.

2013 Electricity Storage Handbook Released

The DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA (PDF, 12 mb) has been released and is available for download. It was jointly authored by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, Electric Power Research Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

The Electricity Storage Handbook is a how-to guide for utility and rural cooperative engineers, planners, and decision makers to plan and implement energy storage projects. The Handbook also serves as an information resource for investors and venture capitalists, providing the latest developments in technologies and tools to guide their evaluations of energy storage opportunities. It includes a comprehensive database of the cost of current storage systems in a wide variety of electric utility and customer services, along with interconnection schematics. A list of significant past and present energy storage projects is provided for a practical perspective.

Sandia researcher authors ‘Battery Energy Storage System’ for Springer-Verlag London

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Stan Atcitty recently coauthored a chapter titled “Battery Energy Storage System” in Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems, a volume published last July by Springer-Verlag London. This chapter discusses the various technical components of battery energy storage systems for utility-scale energy storage and how these technical components are interrelated. Atcitty’s coauthors were Jason Neely, David Ingersoll, Abbas Akhil, and Karen Waldrip.

Atcitty, S., Neely, J., Ingersoll, D., Akhil, A., Waldrip, K. (2013). Battery Energy Storage System. In: Chakraborty, S., Simões, M., Kramer, W. (eds) Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5104-3_9.

Draft Storage/Stationary Battery Standards List Is Available from UL

A draft listing of Storage/Stationary Batteries Standards is now available for download from the Publications page of this website. The list is courtesy of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL).

In addition to summarizing the scope of each standard, the listing identifies whether the standards pertain to Safety, Performance or other purpose, as well as providing some cross-referencing to related standards.

NAATBatt / DOE Webinar: DOE Loan Guarantees for Storage Projects

The National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries (NAATBatt) will jointly host a webinar 1-2:30 p.m. (CDT) Wednesday, July 16, with the U.S. Dept. of Energy – Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability entitled “DOE Loan Guarantees for Storage Projects: The Essential Details.”

Douglas Schultz, director of Loan Guarantee Origination for the DOE’s Loan Programs Office, will explain the details of the new Section 1703 loan guarantee program. Mr. Schultz will answer questions posed by three experts in government-supported project finance: Alexander Drake of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Kenneth Hansen of Chadbourne & Parke and David Kirkpatrick of Marathon Capital.

The webinar is free, but registration is required at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5534765971767783426. After registering, a confirmation e-mail will be sent containing information about joining the webinar.

The webinar will be co-hosted by James Greenberger, executive director of NAATBatt, and Dr. Imre Gyuk of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability.

Draft Storage/Stationa

Energy Storage Test Pad Characterizes TransPower’s GridSaver

Sandia National Laboratories has begun characterizing the capacity, power, safety and reliability of TransPower’s GridSaver, a 1 megawatt, lithium-ion grid energy storage system, at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad.

Project lead David Rosewater said, “Independent evaluations provide valuable feedback for industry efforts to standardize metrics for characterizing and reporting reliability, safety and performance. Companies need the standards to develop large procurement goals for grid energy storage because they must be able to compare performance and cost.”

Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad and Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory test facilities validate manufacturers’ specifications of energy storage devices through characterization and application-specific cycle testing. They also can help users evaluate system parameters, including storage device efficiency, performance to specifications, reliability and balance of plant operation.

Sandia News Release provides more information on the TransPower GridSaver characterization testing.

DOE OE Energy Storage Safety Strategic Plan Released

The Dept. of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Energy Storage Program has announced their release of the Energy Storage Safety Strategic Plan (PDF, 685 kb) to standardize the validation of the safety of grid-scale electrical energy storage projects.

The Strategic Plan addresses the key area of validated energy storage safety, spanning grid-scale, utility, communal, and residential deployments for the increasing array of energy storage technologies. It highlights the key areas of validation techniques, incident preparedness, and safety documentation, and recommends near- and long-term actions to address these needs.

Dr. Imre Gyuk, director of DOE OE and Energy Reliability Energy Storage Program, says, “We want energy storage to reach full acceptance as a component of the electric grid. For this to happen, a number of things must occur: technical feasibility of our technologies, competitive costs and established value, a regulatory framework, and safety. If we don’t have validated safety, we don’t have a product.”

Sandia’s Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory Team to Speak at Next Generation Batteries Conference

Dr. Summer Ferreira, principal investigator of Sandia National Laboratories’ Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory (ESAL), will speak at the Grid-Scale Energy Storage and Lithium Battery Safety tracks of the Knowledge Foundation’s Next Generation Batteries 2015 Conference, April 21-22 in San Diego, CA.

In her talk titled “Viability of Employing Storage Device for Multiple Uses Simultaneously,” Dr. Ferreira will discuss the results of lithium-ion batteries tested under stacked cycling profiles.

The conference’s “Lithium Battery Safety” track presents innovations and technologies that improve safety, reliability, and degradation management of lithium batteries.