2025 Agenda

*Please note this is a tentative agenda and may be subject to change*

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

TimeTopic
7:00 – 8:00amRegistration/Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30amRemembering Imre Gyuk
8:30 – 8:55amWelcome Remarks/Introduction
Time Topic Presenter/Organization
8:55 – 9:55am Roundtable: ES Program Managers Ray Byrne, Sandia National Laboratories
Mali Balasubramanian, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Patrick Balducci, Argonne National Laboratory
Jeremy Twitchell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
TimeTopic
9:55 – 10:25amBreak

Session 1: Next Generation, Large Scale Energy Storage

Session Lead: Erik Spoerke
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
10:25 – 10:35amOpening RemarksErik SpoerkeUS Department of Energy100
10:35 – 10:50amBrief Overview: Next Generation, Large-Scale Energy Storage TechnologiesWill McNamaraSandia National Laboratories101
10:50 – 11:05amRedox Flow Batteries Utilizing Soluble Iron Complexes Aaron HollasPacific Northwest National Laboratory102
11:05 – 11:20amDendrite-Resistant Solid Sodium Anodes to Enable Long-Duration Solid-State Sodium Batteries Mark WellerPacific Northwest National Laboratory103
11:20 – 11:35amDesign of Gel Polymer Electrolytes and Performance Assessment of Electrocatalysts for Durable Zn–Air BatteriesRuhul AminOak Ridge National Laboratory104
11:35 – 11:50amIncorporating Multivariate Weather Hazards into System Planning with Energy StorageNeal MannArgonne National Laboratory105
11:50am – 12:00pmQ&A
TimeTopic
12:00 – 1:00pmLunch

Session 2: Flow Batteries

Session Lead: Reed Wittman
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
1:00 – 1:10pmA Primer on Office of Electricity Funded Flow Battery ResearchReed WittmanSandia National Laboratories200
1:10 – 1:25pmMaterial Development for Redox Flow Batteries at PNNL Wei WangPacific Northwest National Laboratory201
1:25 – 1:40pmFluorenone-based Material Development for Redox Flow Batteries Ruozhu FengPacific Northwest National Laboratory202
1:40 – 1:55pmDevelopment of Cost-effective Hydrocarbon Membranes and Electrolytes for High-Energy Nonaqueous Redox Flow BatteriesGuang YangOak Ridge National Laboratory203
1:55 – 2:10pmFlow Battery Research at Sandia National LaboratoriesSam MacchiSandia National Laboratories204
2:10 – 2:25pmAn Industry Perspective on the State-of-the-Art RFBsMike Perry/Brian BerlandStorion205
2:25 – 2:35pmQ&A
TimeTopic
2:35 – 3:05pmBreak

Session 3: Demonstration Projects

Session Lead: Waylon Clark
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
3:05 – 3:15pmEnergy Storage Demonstration Projects Session Waylon ClarkSandia National Laboratories300
3:15 – 3:30pmARES Lessons LearnedDon BenderARES301
3:30 – 4:00pmEnergy Storage Component and System Level Codes, Standards, & Regulations David RosewaterSandia National Laboratories302
4:00 – 4:15pmWashington Dept. of Commerce Energy Storage DeploymentsDiane BaldwinPacific Northwest National Laboratory303
4:15 – 4:30pmEnergy Storage Interconnection Codes and StandardsMichael RoppSandia National Laboratories304
4:30 – 4:40pmQ&A
TimeTopicPresenterOrganization
4:40 – 4:50pmSponsorship RemarksJeff ReevesThe Flow Battery Industry Group, a part of BCI
TimeTopic
4:50 – 6:50pmPoster Session/Reception

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

TimeTopic
7:00 – 8:00amRegistration/Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10amWelcome Remarks
8:10 – 9:00amKeynote Presentation

Session 4: Safety and Reliability

Session Lead: Loraine Torres-Castro
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
9:00 – 9:10amSafety and Reliability of Energy Storage Systems Loraine Torres-CastroSandia National Laboratories400
9:10 – 9:25amUnderstanding BESS Fire Hazards at the System Level with Experiments and ModelingAndrew KurzawskiSandia National Laboratories401
9:25 – 9:40amReducing Cost and Increasing Confidence Through InteroperabilityJaime KollnPacific Northwest National Laboratory402
9:40 – 9:55amAcoustic Emission During Thermal Runaway Induced by Mechanical Indentation and Thermal Abuse Hsin WangOak Ridge National Laboratories403
9:55 – 10:10amPerformance and Degradation of Li-ion Batteries from Cells to SystemsYuliya PregerSandia National Laboratories404
10:10 – 10:25amMicrocell DSC Analysis of Si-Graphite Anodes Paired with High Energy Density Cathodes Bryan WygantSandia National Laboratories405
10:25 – 10:35amQ&A
TimeTopic
10:35 – 11:05amBreak

Session 5: Analytics and Tools

Session Lead: Patrick Balducci
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
11:05 – 11:15amA Brief Overview of Ongoing Energy Storage Analytics Research at Argonne National LaboratoryPatrick BalducciArgonne National Laboratory500
11:15 – 11:30amAdvanced Storage Planning for a Cost-Effective and Resilient GridKonstantinos OikonomouPacific Northwest National Laboratory501
11:30 – 11:45amModel Selection Platform for Energy StorageDexin WangPacific Northwest National Laboratory502
11:45am – 12:00pmDevelopment of Computational Framework for BESS Aging and Degradation for Grid Use CasesSrikanth AlluOak Ridge National Laboratory 503
12:00 – 12:15pmSandia Energy Storage Analytics – FY25 Updates Tu NguyenSandia National Laboratories504
12:15 – 12:30pmEverBESS: Evaluating End-of-life-Management for Battery Energy Storage SystemsJakob EliasArgonne National Laboratory505
12:30 – 12:40pmQ&A
TimeTopic
12:40 – 1:40pmLunch

Session 6: Regulatory

Session Lead: Jeremy Twitchell
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
1:40 – 1:50pmEnergy Storage Regulatory Research and Outreach Jeremy TwitchellPacific Northwest National Laboratory600
1:50 – 2:05pmReducing Investment Risk in Energy Storage FinancingRichard BaxterMustang Prairie Energy 601
2:05 – 2:20pmEmerging Finance Models Dan BoffPacific Northwest National Laboratory602
2:20 – 2:35pmSiting and Permitting Energy Storage Devyn PowellPacific Northwest National Laboratory603
2:35 – 3:05pmState and Federal Regulatory Support Will McNamara, Sandia National Laboratories
Dylan Poindexter, Sandia National Laboratories
Shiv Mani, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Todd Olinsky-Paul, CESA/ESTAP 		604
3:05 – 3:15pmQ&A
TimeTopic
3:15 – 3:45pmBreak

Session 7: Sodium Batteries

Session Lead: Leo Small
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
3:45 – 3:55pmSodium Batteries Session Overview Leo SmallSandia National Laboratories700
3:55 – 4:10pmSodium-Ion Battery Development Fred OmenyaPacific Northwest National Laboratory701
4:10 – 4:25pmIntermediate Temperature Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Technologies for Grid Energy Storage ApplicationsGuosheng LiPacific Northwest National Laboratory702
4:25 – 4:40pmHybrid Redox Flow Batteries Containing Sodium Metal Anodes and Sodium Thiophosphate CatholytesEthan SelfOak Ridge National Laboratory 703
4:40 – 4:55pmCalorimetric Investigation of Heat Flows in Na-ion Battery Materials Alex BatesSandia National Laboratories704
4:55 – 5:10pmProcess R&D for Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials ManufacturingRunming TaoArgonne National Laboratory705
5:10 – 5:20pmUnderstanding Na-ion’s Roadmaps to Competitiveness Adrian YaoStanford-SLAC706
5:20 – 5:30pmQ&A
TimeTopic
6:00 – 8:00pmDinner Keynote

Thursday, August 7, 2025

TimeTopic
7:00 – 8:00amRegistration
8:00 – 8:10amWelcome Remarks

Session 8: Power Electronics

Session Lead: Stan Atcitty
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
8:10 – 8:20amEnergy Storage Power Electronics ProgramStan AtcittySandia National Laboratories800
8:20 – 8:35amPower Electronics Research at Oak Ridge National LaboratoryMichael StarkeOak Ridge National Laboratory801
8:35 – 8:50amModeling, Control, and Implementation of Next-Generation Storage SystemsJacob MuellerSandia National Laboratories802
8:50 – 9:05amHybrid Battery Energy Storage System: Enabling Safer Controls and Cybersecurity with Battery Modeling Victoria O’BrienSandia National Laboratories803
9:05 – 9:20amEnhancing Energy Storage Power Electronics Design through Artificial IntelligenceAlex HuangUT Austin804
9:20 – 9:35amReliable Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing System for Early Warning of Failure in Energy Storage SystemsNick FrankSensible Photonics805
9:35 – 9:45amQ&A
TimeTopic
9:45 – 10:15amBreak

Session 9: Grid Reliability and Resilience

Session Lead: Diane Baldwin
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
10:15 – 10:20amGrid Reliability and Resilience Panel Overview Diane BaldwinPacific Northwest National Laboratory900
10:20 – 10:40amVoltage Support Using Battery Storage for KPPChristine HollandPacific Northwest National Laboratory901
10:40 – 11:00amEnhancing Grid Reliability using Energy Storage SystemsAtri BeraSandia National Laboratories902
11:00 – 11:20amEnergy Storage Benefit Quantification for Grid Reliability and Resilience Buxin ShePacific Northwest National Laboratory903
11:20 – 11:40amBESS Applications to Enhance Transmission and Distribution System PerformanceAlok BharatiPacific Northwest National Laboratory904
11:40 – 11:50amQ&A
TimeTopic
11:50am – 12:50pmLunch (Boxed Lunch)

Session 10: Zinc and Lead Batteries

Session Lead: Esther Takeuchi
TimeTopicPresenterOrganizationSession ID
12:50 – 1:00pmOpening RemarksEsther TakeuchiStony Brook University 1000
1:00 – 1:15pmOrigins of Positive Electrode Failure Modes in Lead Acid Batteries Tim FisterArgonne National Laboratory1001
1:15 – 1:30pmAdvancing Lead Acid Batteries for Grid Resilience Ajay KarakotiPacific Northwest National Laboratory1002
1:30 – 1:45pmLatest Developments in Mild Acidic Zinc Batteries at PNNL Matt FayettePacific Northwest National Laboratory1003
1:45 – 2:00pmAqueous Zn-Based BatteriesCalvin QuiltySandia National Laboratories1004
2:00 – 2:15pmEngineering Zn and Mn Anodes for Aqueous Batteries Nian LiuGeorgia Tech1005
2:15 – 2:30pmDevelopment of Copper Oxide Cathodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc BatteriesJosh GallawayNorthwestern1006
2:30 – 2:40pmQ&A
TimeTopic
2:40 – 2:45pmClosing Remarks