US–UK Scientific Forum on Sustainable Energy
March 17-18, 2021
Virtual Forum
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The presumption for the Forum is that the future electricity system will be supplied largely (>70%) by variable, renewable generation, which will require short, medium and long-term energy storage to ensure stability and continuation of electricity supply. The Forum will consider the wider energy system only where this impacts energy storage in a future electricity system (e.g. EV to grid).
WELCOME PLENARY
Chris Llewellyn Smith, event co-chair
Steve Koonin, event co-chair
Outline of the US/UK electricity systems and the current research and demonstration programmes to decarbonise them
UK and US electricity systems: the basics - Dermot Nolan
Electrical storage in support of the grid - Patricia Hoffman
UKRI’s contribution to decarbonising the energy system - Lynn Gladden
Reliable decarbonised future US electricity systems - Nate Lewis
Panel Members:
Lucy Martin, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Patricia Hoffman, US Department of Energy
Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology
Dermot Nolan, Fingleton
PLENARY SESSION 1 – Managing a high renewables grid Chair: Steve Koonin, National Academy of Sciences
The Evolving Grid - Patrick Hogan
Assessing the need for future energy storage - Tony Roulstone
Panel Members:
Ana Barillas, Aurora Energy
Professor Joseph DeCarolis, NC State University
Paul Denholm, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Patrick Hogan, Utility Technology Solutions
Tony Roulstone, University of Cambridge
Marcus Stewart, National Grid
PLENARY SESSION 2 - Storage Technologies I Chair: Clare Grey, University of Cambridge
Batteries and electrochemical storage
Li and Na-ion batteries for grid scale energy storage - Peter Bruce
Batteries for a zero-carbon grid: present status and opportunities - Venkat Srinivasan
Panel Members:
Nigel Brandon, Imperial College
Peter Bruce, Faraday Institute & University of Oxford
Professor Steve Davis, University of California
Steve Davis, University of California, Irvine
Venkat Srinivasan, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science
PLENARY SESSION 2 - Storage Technologies I, cont. Chair: Steve Koonin, National Academy of Sciences
Alternative energy storage methods
Thermal Energy Storage for a net-zero future - Yulong Ding
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): Executive overview - Robert Schainker
Panel Members:
Yulong Ding, University of Birmingham
Phil Eames, Loughborough University
James Klausner, Michigan State University
Robert Schainker, Electric Power Research Institute
PLENARY SESSION 3 - Storage technologies II Chair: Bill David, University of Oxford
Hydrogen & Ammonia Production
Cost reduction of large scale electrolysis for energy applications - Katherine Ayers
Ammonia: a pathway to market - Trevor Brown
Panel Members:
Katherine Ayers, Nel Hydrogen US
Trevor Brown, Ammonia Energy Association
Paul Chirik, Princeton University
Deborah Jones, University of Montpellier
Thomas Mallouk, University of Pennsylvania
Marcus Newborough, ITM Power
Hydrogen & Ammonia Utilisation
Decarbonising our energy ecosystem with gas turbines - Jeffrey Goldmeer
Future fuels and fuel cells - Mark Selby
Panel Members:
Sally Benson, Stanford University
Jeffrey Goldmeer, General Electric Gas Power
Anthony McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories
Jane Patterson, Ricardo UK
Mark Selby, Ceres Power
Rob Stevens, Yara
Policy issues relating to technology introduction
Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford
Judith Judson, National Grid
Mike Muskett, Technical Consultant
PLENARY SESSION 4 - Closing discussion
Reflections from meeting
Concluding remarks
Steve Koonin, event co-chair
Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, event co-chair
Paul Monks, UK Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
