The Future of Energy Storage webinar series: Electrochemical battery technology and energy storage materials

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) recently released The Future of Energy Storage report—the culmination of more than three years of research by faculty, scientists, engineers, and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While it focuses on the mid-century time horizon, the report also examines the range of technologies that will be important in the unfolding decarbonization of the electric grid. These include electrochemical, thermal, compressed air, and pumped storage technologies, as well as hydrogen. The report further addresses the role the federal government should play in advancing new technologies and adapting regulation to accommodate a future in which storage plays a prominent role.

In this webinar series, report authors will present the major sections of the report in one-hour sessions for a technical audience with ample time for Q&A. Sessions will be moderated by MITEI Director Robert Armstrong and MITEI Deputy Director Robert Stoner.

Download the report and Executive Summary here.

Tuesday, July 26
10:00 am ET     Electrochemical battery technology
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Moderator: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering

Presenters

• Fikile Brushett, Cecil and Ida Green Associate Professor, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
• Yet-Ming Chiang, Kyocera Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science
  and Engineering

11:00 am ET     Materials for energy storage
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Presenters

• Robert Jaffe, Morningstar Professor of Science, MIT Department of Physics
• Elsa Olivetti, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Co-Director, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium

Learn more about the July 27 webinar.
Learn more about the July 28 webinar.