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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
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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
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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
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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
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The National Consortium for the Advancement of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) National Launch Webinar
The National Consortium for the Advancement of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Technologies recently held its national launch webinar. More than 1200 people registered the webinar, during which the goals, deliverables, and timeline for the three-year, DOE-funded initiative LDES National Consortium were summarized. Led by Principal Investigator Will McNamara from Sandia National Laboratories, the LDES… Read More
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Energy Department Awards $19 Million for Long-Duration Energy Storage in Remote Communities and Military Housing
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity has selected two companies to receive $19 million in awards to demonstrate long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in remote communities and military housing. The companies will receive funding to show how energy storage can lower electricity bills and increase power reliability in Vermont and Kansas. This marks… Read More
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Sandia Scientist Stan Atcitty Recognized in Partnership with Tribal Colleges and Universities
Dr. Stan Atcitty was featured in the Winds of Change magazine, published by American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). AISES is a national nonprofit organization focused on increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers. Stan was recognized for… Read More
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Department of Energy Releases Several Reports Supporting Long Duration Energy Storage
Department of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE OE) has published a series of reports supporting their Long Duration Storage Shot, which aims to develop specific and quantifiable RD&D pathways to reduce the cost of grid-scale energy storage by 90% for systems that deliver 10+ hours of duration by 2030. DOE recently published eleven technical reports… Read More
