Energy Storage:
Clean Power's Best Friend?
Presenting: "Energy Storage and Renewable Power: Is Storage a Solution to Renewable Intermittence and Grid Inefficiency?"
The intermittent nature of natural, carbon-free energy sources like the sun or wind has always been one of renewable power's major limitations, leaving us reliant on fossil fuels or nuclear power to supply the majority of so-called "baseload" power necessary to meet demand. A technology allowing for the storage of energy generated when the sun is shining or wind is blowing for later use could be a game-changer for the energy space, but cost and scalability often present significant challenges for such a project.
Do solutions exist that allow for the large-scale storage of energy in order to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of power generation?
Join us as we discuss:
The intermittent nature of natural, carbon-free energy sources like the sun or wind has always been one of renewable power's major limitations, leaving us reliant on fossil fuels or nuclear power to supply the majority of so-called "baseload" power necessary to meet demand. A technology allowing for the storage of energy generated when the sun is shining or wind is blowing for later use could be a game-changer for the energy space, but cost and scalability often present significant challenges for such a project.
Do solutions exist that allow for the large-scale storage of energy in order to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of power generation?
Join us as we discuss:
- The most promising storage technology ventures and their paths to market.
- Existing and proven storage projects and the opportunity to build on success.
- The obstacles to building storage solutions on an effective scale, and ways of addressing these challenges.
- Whether large, grid-scale solutions, smaller, more distributed storage, or a combination of both offer the most effective strategy.
FEATURING...
Jim Greenberger
is the Executive Director of NAATBatt, a trade association of companies
in the advanced battery industry working to grow the market for
advanced batteries in the United States, primarily in automotive and
grid-connected energy storage applications.
Phil Giudice
is CEO of Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, a company creating cost
effective, reliable, wide spread grid electricity storage solutions,
enabling separation of power demand from power supply. Giudice also
recently served Massachusetts as Undersecretary of Energy and as
Commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources.
Jean-Pilippe Macary
has worked for Siemens since 2001, covering functions including product
life cycle manager and senior project manager for turn-key power
distribution solutions. Currently he is the Head of Infrastructure &
Cities Low - and Medium Voltage Power Solutions Product Portfolio
Management and Marketing for Innovations SIESTORAGE and SIPLINK.
Rick Miller
is a Senior Vice President - Renewable Energy Services with HDR, and
leads the company's hydropower services group. A civil engineer with
over 30 years of experience in water resources, hydroelectric/pumped
storage plant operations, and engineering in the U.S. and Brazil, he
served as president of the National Hydropower Association in 2008-2009
and previously co-chaired NHA's International Committee.
Jesse Jenkins
is Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute,
and is one of the country's leading energy and climate policy analysts
and advocates. Jesse's analysis has been featured in Fortune, New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, among many major media
outlets. He is founder and chief editor of the WattHead blog and a
featured writer at the Energy Collective.
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