Panelists discussed energy storage developments in Alaska and updates from the Long Duration Energy Storage National Consortium
Will McNamara, a technical systems analyst at Sandia National Laboratories and principal investigator for the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) National Consortium, moderated a panel session at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 2-4. The panel, titled “Building Out LDES in Alaska,” focused on LDES developments and the potential of LDES technologies in the state.
- John Battaglini, VP of New Market Development & Sales, Westinghouse
- Tristan Bannon, Executive Director, Resilient Energy Infrastructure, Leidos Engineering, LLC
- Arpit Dwivedi, CEO & Founder, Cache Energy
- Nicole Bulgarino, Executive Vice President, Ameresco
All four companies are Teaming Partners in the LDES Consortium.
The Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference is an annual event that brings together visionaries, researchers, policymakers, and investors to discuss Alaska’s energy sector. This year, over 1,000 participants attended the conference. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy moderated the keynote panel, which featured DOE Secretary Chris Wright, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.
The panel session allowed McNamara to share updates from the DOE-funded LDES National Consortium, which joins U.S. National Laboratories’ knowledge and expertise with industry and community stakeholders to achieve LDES technology commercialization within the next decade. Sandia currently serves as the consortium’s lead laboratory.
To learn more, visit the conference website.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity (OE), Energy Storage Division.