August 2013

Dr. Imre Gyuk

Job Title:

Energy Storage Program Manager

Organization:

U.S. Department of Energy

Imre Gyuk directs the energy storage research program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which funds work on a wide variety of technologies such as advanced batteries, flywheels, super-capacitors, and compressed air energy storage. Applications include seamless continuity of power supply for high-tech industry during outages, making renewables dispatchable, and helping to increase the capacity factor and ease congested distribution lines.

Dr. Gyuk has a B.S. from Fordham University, and he did graduate work at Brown University where he was a research assistant to Nobel Laureate Leon Cooper. He has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Purdue University and became a research associate at Syracuse. Dr. Gyuk has taught Physics, Civil Engineering, and Architecture at the University of Wisconsin and Kuwait University.

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Speaker

The Current and Future Status of Energy Storage Technologies

September 13th, 2013

Energy storage is widely seen as a key element of any sustainable energy future scenario. In the last few years, storage technologies have seen an increase in deployments across the United States and internationally, but are still an emerging suite of technologies. What storage technologies are currently available for commercial use? Which technologies under development hold the most promise for different storage applications? Please join experts from the U.S. Department of Energy and EPRI for a discussion on the current and future status of energy storage technologies.

Haresh Kamath

Job Title:

Program Manager, Energy Storage

Organization:

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Haresh Kamath is Program Manager for Energy Storage at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), managing the Institute’s research into the development, assessment, and application of energy storage technologies for grid storage applications. He is also a Technology Scout for EPRI’s Technology Innovation Program, where he investigates advanced materials technologies for power delivery applications, and advanced energy storage technologies.

Kamath joined EPRI PEAC in 2002 as a project engineer in energy storage and distributed generation. His responsibilities grew to include management of the energy technologies group, encompassing EPRI Solutions efforts in energy storage, distributed generation, energy efficiency, and electric transportation. He was an author for the EPRI-DOE Handbook of Energy Storage and serves on the board of directors of the Electricity Storage Association.

Before joining EPRI, Kamath worked at Lockheed Martin Space Systems as a product engineer responsible for spacecraft batteries. He also served as an applications engineering and business development manager at a startup energy storage company.

Kamath received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Stanford University.

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Speaker

Europe & Eurasia Energy News Articles for August 23, 2013

August 23rd, 2013

Energy Technology and Governance Program

2013 Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial

November 4th, 2013

The 5th Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial Meeting will take place from November 4-7, 2013 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC. The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is a Ministerial-level international climate change initiative that is focused on the development of improved cost-effective technologies for the separation and capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) for its transport and long-term safe storage.