- Sandia designs better batteries for grid-scale energy storage
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have designed a new kind of molten sodium battery that could prove to be a lower-temperature, lower-cost battery for grid-scale energy storage. Read more here.
- App assesses value of energy storage
A new Sandia software, called Quest, can help utility companies and corporate project developers assess how much money adding an energy storage system will save them. The QuESt news release […]
- For 100% Renewables, DOE Speeds-up Storage Policy
A Federal energy project funded through the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity has initiated workshops designed to help state utility regulators determine best practices in policies to […]
- DOE Storage Project Allows Decorah, Iowa to Add More Rooftop Solar
Alliant Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Iowa Economic Development Authority are jointly supporting a battery-storage solution in Decorah, Iowa that aims to connect customer-owned solar while maintaining […]
- Modeling Goes A Long Way To Prevent Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Failure
Yuliya Preger, PhD, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Energy Storage Technology & Systems at Sandia National Laboratories, whose work is centered on the safety and reliability of lithium-ion batteries for […]
- EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Winners
Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee of City College of New York and City University of New York Energy Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, Urban Electric Power, Inc., Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Department […]
- Cordova Electric Cuts Ribbon on New Energy Future
Senator Lisa Murkowski, along with Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of the Energy Storage Program at the Office of Electricity, Department of Energy, and members of the Sandia National Laboratories Energy […]
- Sterling Light Storage Units Mark Milestone
The Sterling Municipal Light Department is marking a major milestone related to the department’s two energy storage systems. In March, SMLD celebrated over $1 million in avoided costs to the […]
- Babu Chalamala provides energy storage testimony in Sacramento
Babu Chalamala, manager of Sandia’s Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department, provided testimony at the State Capitol in Sacramento, on Feb. 13, at a State Assembly briefing on Zero-Carbon Grid […]
- Sandians Publish articles in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Sandia National Laboratories has improved the predictability of lithium-ion battery safety through understanding the common aspects of thermal safety over a diverse range of safety-related measurements. A series of two […]
- Our Resilient Energy Future
On October 24, 2018, the Hon. Bruce Walker, from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity, came to Sandia to discuss his department’s mission and goals. Mr. Walker […]
- EPB Energizes Flow Battery in Support of National Grid Modernization Efforts
EPB has energized a 100kW/400kWh Vanadium Redox Flow Battery as part of a national research effort to explore the best use of cutting edge technologies that could be implemented across […]
- Grid-Scale Vanadium Flow Energy Storage System to be Installed at NELHA
The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority (NELHA) in partnership with Hawai‘i Electric Light Company (HELCO), the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE-OE), the Ulupono Initiative, and UniEnergy Technologies (UET) […]
- Redox Battery receives Green Chemistry Challenge Award
On June 12, 2017 UniEnergy Technology (UET) and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNNL) jointly received the prestigious EPA / American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Challenge Award. The achievement being recognized is […]
- Sandia-Developed Precision High Power Battery Tester Earns R&D 100 Award
R&D Magazine has recognized Sandia National Laboratories researchers’ work in developing innovative battery testing with the annual R&D 100 Award. As principle investigator of the Precision High Power Battery Tester, […]
- 2016 NAATBatt Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service to Dr. Imre Gyuk
The NAATBatt International Board of Directors will present the 2016 NAATBatt Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service to Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager of the U.S. Dept. of […]
- Sandia ESS Program and Oregon Energy Dept. Announce Demonstration Project Funding Opportunity
The Oregon Dept. of Energy is partnering with the U.S. DOE Office of Electricity’s Energy Storage Program, and Sandia National Laboratories, to offer funds for an energy storage demonstration project […]
- Testing Opens for Third-Party Validation of Energy Storage Technologies for Stationary Storage Applications
Sandia National Laboratories has released a Request for Proposals for third-party testing of stationary energy storage applications. The deadline for application is April 3, 2015.Manufacturers, integrators and consumers of stationary […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
