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The National Consortium for the Advancement of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) National Launch Webinar

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Program Communications Specialist, Sandia National Laboratories

David Sokoloff is a Program Communications Specialist for the Energy Storage program at Sandia National Laboratories. He has 25 years' experience in corporate marketing and communications and has...

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Feb 27, 2024Feb 27, 2024 4:45 pm GMT
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The National Consortium for the Advancement of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Technologies recently held its national launch webinar. More than 1200 people registered the webinar, during which the goals, deliverables, and timeline for the three-year, DOE-funded initiative LDES National Consortium were summarized. Led by Principal Investigator Will McNamara from Sandia National Laboratories, the LDES National Consortium presently consists of more than 150 participating organizations, representing diverse stakeholder perspectives from across the LDES ecosystem, including technology developers, manufacturers & suppliers, investors, utilities, policymakers, academia, researchers, and more. Together, the LDES National Consortium aims to identify barriers, determine potential synergies, and collaboratively develop and promote the implementation of strategies necessary to achieve the commercialization of a wide range of LDES technologies within the next decade. The LDES National Consortium continues to welcome new partners. To watch the webinar recording, learn more, and join this important initiative, visit https://ldesconsortium.sandia.gov/.

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Jim Stack on Mar 1, 2024

Long duration they define as 10 hours of continuous load which is easy. But they don't say the amount of load. How can you test that?

David Sokoloff on Mar 4, 2024

Response from Will McNamara, & Luke McLaughlin from Sandia National Labs representing the LDES National Consortium in their respective roles as Principal Investigator and Lab Lead for the Technology Development, Evaluation & Testing Tiger Team:

One of the deliverables of the LDES National Consortium is to develop an LDES Technology Evaluation Matrix. We will be establishing the discharge duration of specific LDES technologies based on Energy Rating and Continuous Power Rating. For example, if a storage system has a capacity of 1 GWh and a continuous power rating of 100 MW, then the system will be defined as having a 10 hr discharge duration. The system could only handle slightly larger discharge power short times, so we will not define to the short term power rating. A lower load or power discharge could result in a continuum of discharge durations, so we will not specify that way. It is anticipated that LDES Technology Evaluation Matrix will be made publicly available in early 2025.

For more information or to reach Will or Luke directly, please visit the LDES National Consortium Website at

https://ldesconsortium.sandia.gov/

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