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World’s Largest Battery (34 MW, 6 hours)
Image from Bradford Roberts’ presentation
Senate Science and Technology Caucus
To improve energy security while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is looking to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind to provide a larger fraction of electricity generation. However, while the sun cannot always be relied upon to shine nor the wind to blow, electricity must be supplied reliably and instantaneously to meet demand. Electricity storage technologies have the potential to solve this challenge if they can be designed to store enough energy for a long enough time, inexpensively. This briefing explored some of the most promising technologies for turning intermittent sources into reliable dispatchable power, thus enabling wind and solar to play a larger role in powering the nation.
Duane Dimos
Sandia National Laboratories
Chair of the Materials Research Society Government Affairs Committee
Contact Science & the Congress Project
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Richard Campbell, moderating Congressional Research Service Presentation Slides Email | Biography |
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/flv/SC_Briefings/June_16_2009/Campbell.flv |
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Bernard Lee Institute of Gas Technology, retired Presentation Slides Email | Biography |
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/flv/SC_Briefings/June_16_2009/Lee.flv |
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Yet-Ming Chiang Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presentation Slides Email | Biography Website |
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/flv/SC_Briefings/June_16_2009/Chiang.flv |
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Ali Nourai American Electric Power Presentation Slides Email | Biography AEP Website |
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/flv/SC_Briefings/June_16_2009/Nourai.flv |
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Bradford Roberts Electricity Storage Association Presentation Slides Email | Biography |
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/flv/SC_Briefings/June_16_2009/Roberts.flv |
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