The 2020 Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Program Peer Review and Update Meeting was held ONLINE September 29 – October 1.
Tuesday, September 29
| Presentation | Presenter | Organization |
|---|
| Welcome, and Webinar Details | Howard Passell | SNL, Peer Review Coordinator |
| Welcome | Carol Adkins | Director, Secure Energy and Earth Systems Center, SNNL |
| Welcome | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
| Welcome | Bruce Walker | Assistant Secretary, DOE Office of Electricity |
| Sandia Introduction | Babu Chalamala | SNL Energy Storage Program |
| PNNL Introduction | Vince Sprenkle | PNNL Energy Storage Program |
| ORNL Introduction | Michael Starke | ORNL Energy Storage Program |
| Keynote Speaker 1 | Mike Gravely | Team Leader, Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission |
| Power Electronics | | |
| Session Summary — Power Electronics | Stan Atcitty | SNL |
| Efficient Power Electronics Enabled by 3.3kV Silicon Carbide Switches | Ranbir Singh | GeneSiC Semiconductor |
| GaN Enabled Efficient Plug-And-Play Battery Energy Storage System | Alex Huang | UT Austin |
| GaN-Based Inverters for Grid-Tied Energy Storage Systems | Medhi Ferdowsi | Innocit |
| Roundtable — Grid Modernization | Charlie Hanley | Senior Manager, Grid Modernization, SNL |
| Reliability Studies of Wide-Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices Under Realistic Stress Conditions | Robert Kaplar | SNL |
| Predicting Reliability, Improving Safety and Resiliency in Grid Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems | Raja Kaushik | University of Houston |
| Development of a 100kW Secondary Use Energy Storage System | Michael Starke | ORNL |
| Roundtable — Innovative Projects | Ben Schenkman | R&D Electrical Engineer, SNL |
| Reliability, Codes & Standards | | |
| Session Summary — Reliability, Codes, & Standards | Charlie Vartanian | Senior Technical Advisor, PNNL |
| Li-Ion Battery State of Health Electrothermal Model | Alasdair Crawford | PNNL |
| Reliability Assessment of Li-Ion Battery Single Cells Under Grid Services | Daiwon Choi | PNNL |
| Reliability Performance Testing of kW Scale Modules at PNNL | Ed Thomsen | PNNL |
| EPRI/PNNL Reliability Data Project Update | Steve Willard | EPRI/PNNL |
| Keynote Speaker 2 | Lola Infante | Senior Advisor, External Relations and Strategic Initiatives Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
| Wrap-Up | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE OE ES Programs |
Wednesday, September 30
| Presentation | Presenter | Organization |
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| Welcome and Day 1 Recap | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
| Keynote Speaker 3 | Kelly Speakes-Backman | Chief Executive Officer Energy Storage Association (ESA) |
| Safety | | |
| Session Summary — Safety | Joshua Lamb | Principal Member of the Technical Staff, SNL |
| Development of Thermal Runaway Risk Database | Hsin Wang | ORNL |
| Material Science-Based Predictions of Single-Cell Thermal Failures | Randy Shurtz | SNL |
| Long Term Safety and Reliability of Li-Ion Cells | Yuliya Preger | SNL |
| Energy Storage Safety Collaborative – Update 2020 | Matt Paiss | PNNL |
| Roundtable — Beyond Li-Ion, and Long Duration Storage | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
| Thermal Analysis to Mitigate Cascading Propagation of Lithium-Ion Cell Stacks | John Hewson | SNL |
| Mitigation of Failure Propagation Through Active Cooling: A Model Based Experimental Design | Loraine Torres-Castro | SNL |
| System Level Safety Design and Planning | David Rosewater | SNL |
| Equitable Regulatory Environment | | |
| Session Summary — Equitable Regulatory Environment | Jeremy Twitchell | Energy Research Analyst, PNNL |
| Regulatory Commission Engagement | Howard Passell | SNL |
| Policy Analysis | Will McNamara | SNL |
| Roundtable — The Technology-Policy Nexus | Will McNamara/ Jeremy Twitchell | Grid Energy Storage Analyst, SNL/Energy Research Analyst, PNNL |
| Zinc Batteries | | |
| Session Summary — Zinc Batteries | Timothy Lambert | SNL |
| From Concept Through Product to Market: Rechargeable Zinc Manganese Dioxide Batteries | Sanjoy Banerjee | CCNY |
| Engineering an Aqueous Energy Dense Manganese Dioxide | Zinc Battery to Challenge Lithium- Ion’s Dominance | Yadav Gautam | UEP |
| Operando Studies to Enumerate the Electrochemical Phase Transformations of MnO2 | Joshua Gallaway | Northeastern University |
| Advanced Aqueous Zn Batteries | Xiaolin Li | PNNL |
| Mechanistic Probes of Zinc Anode Aqueous Electrolyte Batteries | Esther Takeuchi | Stony Brook University |
| Keynote Speaker 4 | Bill Acker | Executive Director, NY Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) |
| Wrap-Up | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
Thursday, October 1
| Presentation | Presenter | Organization |
|---|
| Welcome and Day 2 Recap | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
| Keynote Speaker 5 | Terry Boston | Director, Grid Protection Alliance |
| Flow Batteries | | |
| Session Summary — Flow Batteries | Wei Wang | Chief Scientist, PNNL |
| Higher Voltage Iron Bipyridines for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Battery | Travis Anderson | SNL |
| Phenazine-Based Anolyte Materials in Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries | Aaron Hollas | PNNL |
| Ambient Temperature Non-Aqueous Sulfide Based Redox Flow Batteries and Membrane Development | Jagjit Nanda | Jagjit Nanda |
| Advanced Membranes for Flow Batteries | Cy Fujimoto | SNL |
| Towards Building Optimal Electrolytes for Pb-Acid Battery Through Tunable Solvation Chemistry | Vijayakumar Murugesan | PNNL |
| Roundtable — Electrification | Richard Fioravanti | Director, Transportation Electrification, Quanta Technology |
| Flow Battery Capacity Fade and Power Density With Redox-Active Aqueous-Soluble Organics | Michael Aziz | Harvard/PNNL |
| Probing Components and Durability in Redox Flow Batteries | Tom Zawodzinski | ORNL |
| Sodium Batteries | | |
| Session Summary — Sodium Batteries | Erik Spoerke | Energy Storage Materials Thrust Lead, SNL |
| Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries | Leo Small | SNL |
| Multi-Scale Characterization of the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Sodium Ion Conductors | Ryan Hill | University of Kentucky |
| Advanced Intermediate Temperature Sodium-Metal Halide (Na-Mh) Batteries for Grid Storage Application | Guosheng Li | PNNL |
| Advanced Na-Ion Battery: Progress Towards Co-Free Cathodes | Biwei Xiao | PNNL |
| Engineering Routes Towards Synthesis and Performance of Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries | David Wood | ORNL |
| Perspectives and Strategies of Developing Long Duration and Seasonal Energy Storage Technologies for Improving Grid Resiliency and Reliability | Guosheng Li | PNNL |
| Roundtable — Recycling & Re-Use | Jeffrey Spangenberger | Materials Recycling Group Leader, Argonne National Lab |
| Analytics | | |
| Session Summary — Analytics | Ray Byrne | SNL |
| Evaluation of Energy Storage as Transmission Assets Storage | Tu Nguyen | SNL |
| Energy Storage Finance Summits and Pricing Survey | Richard Baxter | Mustang Prairie Energy |
| Sizing Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage and Solar for Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Stations | Rodrigo Trevizan | SNL |
| MASCORE: A Web-Based Tool for Microgrid Asset Sizing Considering Cost and Resilience | Di Wu | PNNL |
| Realization of Energy Storage Economic Benefits: Managing Changes in Real Time | Jan Alam | PNNL |
| Keynote Speaker 6 | Ralph Masiello | Industry Advisor, Quanta Technology |
| Wrap-Up | Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program |
