Q&A: The United States Senate Hearing on Grid-Scale Energy Storage. (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crabtree, George W.; Trahey, Lynn
• Is Part Of: Electrochemical Society Interface. Volume 28:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• DOI: 10.1149/2.F15194IF
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1064-8208

Abstract

Abstract : On June 4, 2019, George W. Crabtree, Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) at Argonne National Laboratory, and distinguished professor of physics, electrical, and mechanical engineering at University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for a hearing on the expanded deployment of grid-scale energy storage. Senate members in attendance included Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Also present at the hearing were representatives from Brookfield Renewable, Fluence, PJM Interconnection, LLC, and Xcel Energy, Inc. George Crabtree, along with his associate Lynn Trahey, shared with ECS insights for the foundation of the hearing and the importance of electrochemistry to sustainability.