NEDO SV Foresight Seminars: Inventing the Future: Session 4

440 North Wolfe Road,Sunnyvale CA 94085

27 February, 2023

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NEDO Silicon Valley Foresight Seminars: Inventing the Future You are cordially invited to an in-person seminar exploring Innovation in Energy Storage and Batteries. This is the fourth session of NEDO Silicon Valley Foresight Four Seminar Series featuring solutions to advance the goal of a sustainable future with Net Zero emissions by 2050. Session IV: Innovation in Energy Storage/Batteries As climate impacts become more severe in the race to reach Net Zero by 2050, our energy systems will have to transition away from fossil energy to electrification using clean renewable energy and better design for stationary and mobile applications. This drives the necessity of upgrading the electric grid and creating resilient, distributed systems. Energy storage and batteries are key to the success of this transition. Foresight Seminar IV will explore in-depth the technical challenges of energy storage to enable a Net Zero energy future. Learn about innovations that are emerging in energy storage that will allow renewable energy to power our buildings, communities, transportation systems and electrical infrastructure. During this interactive event, you’ll learn: What are some leading energy storage and battery technologies Who is innovating in this area and how their technology works What are the opportunities and future visions for transforming how electricity is stored and dispatched to enable dynamic, distributed smart grids and transportation. Also, you will have an opportunity to network in person to share your thoughts and experiences with peers and to speak in-depth with each of the panelists after the formal presentation, while enjoying refreshments. Date: Monday, February 27, 2023 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Registration and networking begin at 5:00PM) Location: Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Cost: Free but registration is required Agenda: 5:00 - 5:30 pm Registration, Networking 5:30 - 7:00 pm Panel Presentations, Q&A 7:00 - 7:30 pm Networking Speakers/Panelists: Will Chueh, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, Director StorageX Initiative, Stanford University. Kurt Kelty, VP, Commercialization and Battery Engineering, Sila Nanotechnology (silica vs graphene for Li batteries) Dagmar Becker, Chief Scientist, RedFlow Inc (zinc/bromine flow batteries - grid scale) Eugene Beh, Founder and CEO, Quino Energy (aqueous flow) Marianna Grossman (Moderator) - Senior Consultant & Advisor on Sustainability, USAsia Venture Partners Panelists and Moderator Bios: Will Chueh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University, and a faculty scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He leads a group of more than thirty researchers tackling the challenge of decarbonizing various energy transformation pathways, and co-directs Stanford's StorageX Initiative that builds academic-industrial partnerships to accelerate the electrification of transportation and the penetration of intermittent renewable electricity in energy systems. He received his BS in applied physics, and his MS and PhD in materials science from Caltech. Prior to joining Stanford in 2012, he was a Distinguished Truman Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. Chueh has received numerous honors, including the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (2022), MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2018), Volkswagen/BASF Science Award Electrochemistry (2016), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2016), Sloan Research Fellowship (2016), NSF CAREER Award (2015), Solid State Ionics Young Scientist Award (2013), Caltech Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prize in Energy (2012), and the American Ceramics Society Diamond Award (2008). In 2012, he was named as one of the “Top 35 Innovators Under the Age of 35” by MIT’s Technology Review. Stanford’s StorageX Initiative brings together Stanford faculty and students from materials science to computer science to economics to tackle the dominant challenges in energy storage. By addressing gaps between academic and industrial R&D, StorageX aims to accelerate the global development and implementation of revolutionary energy storage technologies and concepts by translating academic breakthroughs to technological impact. Kurt Kelty, VP, Commercialization and Battery Engineering, for Sila Nanotechnology leads Business Development, Sales, and Marketing for the Automotive market. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the battery industry, including 11 years at Tesla, where he most recently served as Senior Director of Battery Technology. There he was responsible for leading numerous key initiatives, including setting the company’s battery cell usage strategy, delivering the batteries implemented in the Roadster, Model S/X and Model 3, and leading partnerships and material sourcing efforts at the Gigafactory, among many others. Prior to Tesla, Kelty was Director of Business Development at Panasonic, where he founded the U.S. battery R&D lab. Sila Nanotechnology (silica vs graphene for Li batteries) Lithium-ion batteries have reached their energy limit—a plateau defined by the chemistry of today’s graphite anodes. Sila Nanotechnology’s next-gen silicon material shatters that energy ceiling, improving energy density significantly without compromising cycle life, power or safety. And it’s fully compatible with existing battery manufacturing processes and factories, making the path to progress immediate. For a deeper dive into this new standard of performance, access SilaNano’s white paper. Dagmar Becker, Chief Scientist of Redflow, is responsible for scale-up and localization of Zinc/Bromine battery technology in the United States and worldwide. She has extensive research and applied engineering experience, including with EPRI and Southern Research’s Energy Storage Research Center. At EnerVenue she led development and scale-up of next-generation Ni-H2 battery technology. At Primus Power she developed and validated next-gen electrolyte formulations, improved Zn/Br flow battery efficiency by 5%, implemented GLP processes in R&D lab, trained staff on GLP principles and processes. She was Lead Engineer in Bosch's Stationary Storage Business-Device Testing and Data Analysis, where she tested 10+ battery technologies (lead-acid, diverse LiB, diverse flow, high-temperature batteries) and validated next-gen BMS algorithms for grid-scale ESS. RedFlow Inc (zinc/bromine flow batteries - grid scale) Redflow’s zinc bromine flow battery for stationary energy storage is one of the world’s safest, scalable and most sustainable energy storage solutions in the market. The battery offers a long-life design and chemistry that makes use of cost-effective, abundant, fire-safe, and low toxicity materials. Redflow’s batteries are ideal for extended duration applications in a wide range of commercial installations and multi-megawatt hour storage deployments. Redflow batteries are designed for high cycle-rate, long time-base energy storage, and are scalable from small commercial systems through to grid-scale deployments. Redflow’s smart, self-protecting batteries offer unique advantages including secure remote management, 100 percent daily depth of discharge, tolerance of high ambient temperatures, a simple recycling path, no propensity for thermal runaway and sustained energy delivery throughout their operating life. Eugene Beh is Founder and CEO of Quino Energy. Prior to co-founding Quino in 2021, Eugene was a Member of Research Staff at Xerox PARC, where he invented and commercialized a redox flow desalination technology platform, leading him to become PARC’s Most Prolific Inventor in 2020 and 2021. Prior to PARC, Eugene was a postdoctoral fellow working on aqueous organic flow batteries with Prof. Mike Aziz and Prof. Roy Gordon at Harvard University. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford, an A.M. in Chemistry from Harvard, and an A.B. in Chemistry and Physics summa cum laude from Harvard. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a recipient of a Stanford Graduate Fellowship. Growing up in Singapore, he won the National Science Talent Search and received two Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Awards. Eugene loves to travel and has lived widely in Singapore, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, and the United States. He is multilingual and is a space weather enthusiast. Quino Energy (aqueous flow) Quino Energy offers an innovative redox-flow battery distinguished by its use of an aqueous, organic electrolyte. This flow battery was developed by Harvard materials scientists and chemists Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) has granted Quino Energy an exclusive, worldwide license to commercialize energy storage systems using the chemistry identified by the labs, including quinone or hydroquinone compounds as the active materials in the electrolyte. Quino’s founders believe the system may offer game-changing advantages in cost, safety, stability, and power. Marianna Grossman is Senior Consultant & Advisor on Sustainability, USAsia Venture Partners and Managing Partner of Minerva Ventures, investing and advising on solutions for a resilient future – bringing people and institutions together across sectors to collaborate, invent, fund and implement solutions that enhance sustainability and reverse climate change. Marianna led Sustainable Silicon Valley for seven years, after roles in the automotive, computer, and semiconductor industries. Recent publication: Sustainable Electricity II: A Conversation on Tradeoffs, Chapter on Silicon Valley Corporate Case Studies on Clean Energy Innovation. Service includes: California’s Climate Adaptation Action Plan Technical Advisory Group 2016; Sustainable and Resilient Resources Roundtable; the international Balaton Group; Board President, Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities; Environmental Entrepreneurs; and, climate action councils for Palo Alto and Mountain View. Degrees: BA in Policy Studies, Dartmouth College and an MBA from Yale School of Management.