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  • Sandia Materials Scientist Highlights DOE and Office of Electricity Initiatives

    Dr. Erik Spoerke, a former Materials Lead in the Sandia Energy Storage program and now Senior Analytics Advisor with the DOE Office of Electricity (OE), gave a keynote presentation, at the 14th Annual Capture the Energy Conference and Expo sponsored by New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY BEST), held May 14-16, 2024,… Read More

  • Sandia Engineer Appointed Associate Editor at Major Technical Journal

    Dr. Ujjwol Tamrakar, an Electrical Engineer in the Analytics & Controls area of the Sandia Energy Storage program at Sandia National Laboratories, was appointed Associate Editor for the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE), a leading journal in the field of power and energy systems. IEEE OAJPE is technical journal containing articles… Read More

  • U.S. Department of Energy Launches Advanced Energy Storage Research and Testing Facility

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) is advancing electric grid resilience, reliability, and security with a new high-tech facility at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., where pioneering researchers can test energy storage capabilities in a realistic environment. Today, OE joined PNNL in opening the 93,000 square foot… Read More

  • Sandia Researcher Recognized for Electrification Work with Tribal Communities

    Sandia Researcher Recognized for Electrification Work with Tribal Communities Read More

  • Sandian Will McNamara Discusses Importance of Long-Duration Energy Storage

    Will McNamara, Energy Storage Policy Analyst at Sandia National Laboratories, delivered a presentation to the Energy Storage Working Group of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The presentation was focused on Sandia’s current work related to long-duration energy storage (LDES), specifically its role as the Lead Lab in the DOE-funded… Read More

  • Sandia Partnership Speeds up Development of Flow Batteries for Green Grid, Water

    Drs. Leo Small and Melissa Meyerson, researchers with the Sandia Energy Storage program, collaborated with Albuquerque entrepreneur Charles Call to help bring Office of Electricity-funded research from the lab to local businesses. This collaboration was facilitated by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions Boost program. This partnership aims to get big, safe, stationary lithium-sulfur flow… Read More

  • Sandian David Rosewater Talks Reducing Risk When Performing Energized Work on Batteries

    On June 5, 2024, David Rosewater, a grid energy storage researcher in the Sandia Energy Storage program, was an invited speaker during the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) webinar on Reducing Risk When Performing Energized Work on Batteries. Dr. Rosewater’s presented to the international audience on his recently published research to improve battery electrical safety… Read More

  • Reducing Risk and Keeping Battery Workers Safe

    Led by Sandia grid energy storage researcher David Rosewater, the Energy Facilities Contractors Group (EFCOG) and the IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery (ESSB) committee collaborated to submit public comments for the next edition of NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. These public inputs, submitted on June 4, 2024, represent the culmination… Read More