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Sandian Discusses Technologies for Diesel Use Reduction at the IEEE SusTech Initiative Energy and Climate Technologies for the Arctic Workshop
Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program team member Charlie Vartanian participated in IEEE SusTech Initiative’s Energy and Climate Technologies for the Arctic Workshop held May 3-4, 2024, at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. This was the fourth in a series of open workshops held by the IEEE SusTech Initiative. At the workshop, Charlie Vartanian spoke… Read More
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Sandian Assist Industry Understanding of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) for Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Summit
Will McNamara from Sandia National Laboratories gave two presentations at the EUCI Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Best Practices Summit held virtually May 1-2, 2024, hosted by Burbank Department of Light & Power. McNamara, the Sandia Energy Storage Policy Analyst, presented and led discussion on “Parsing Which Long Duration Technologies Will Prevail” and “Assessing the Impacts on… Read More
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Sandians Assist Industry Education on Energy Storage System Standards
Sandia National Laboratories Energy Storage program team member Charlie Vartanian participated in the EUCI course “Energy Storge System Commissioning” held virtually April 17-18, 2024. Charlie was the lead instructor for “Installation Codes, Standards, and Regulations (CSRs) Applicable to Energy Storage System (ESS) Commissioning”. The Sandia-supported course module included content prepared by Michael Ropp (Sandia ESS… Read More
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Sandia National Laboratories’ Atri Bera Awarded Outstanding Young Engineer
Dr. Atri Bera was recently honored with the Outstanding Young Engineer Award by the IEEE Albuquerque Section, recognizing his significant contributions in developing “software tools to assess the reliability and stability risks associated with high penetrations of renewable generation.” His research and tool development work has been pivotal in addressing critical challenges as the power… Read More
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Vincent Sprenkle Named Director of Grid Storage Launchpad
Vincent Sprenkle Named Director of Grid Storage Launchpad Read More
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Selectees of $15 Million in Awards to Advance the Future of Energy Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the selectees of $15 million in awards at the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council Summit on April 8, 2024. These awards are through the Storage Innovations 2030: Technology Liftoff (SI Liftoff) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to advance energy storage innovations to help… Read More
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Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Forum
Sponsored by OE’s Energy Storage Program, the Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Forum, hosted at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) in Richland, WA. will focus on the current state of energy storage safety and reliability and identify additional R&D efforts to advance the DOE roadmap for energy storage. The forum, May 14 – May… Read More
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $2.25 Million American-Made Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today launched the American-Made Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize. This $2.25 million contest invites competitors to propose, design, build, and test state-of-the-art SiC semiconductor packaging prototypes to enable these devices to work more effectively in high-voltage environments such as energy storage. The prize is part of… Read More
