Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050: Frontiers in Long-Duration Storage for Decarbonization

Description

This panel discussion is part of a long-running MRS series that convenes top experts to discuss topics of scientific, technological and sociological complexity relating to energy, the environment and sustainability.

This interactive event will highlight the fundamental and applied materials challenges and opportunities associated with long-duration energy storage in the context of broader socioeconomic and policy incentives and disincentives.

This program is organized by MRS’ Focus on Sustainability Subcommittee in collaboration with The MRS Energy & Sustainability Journal.

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation.

Presented in conjunction with MRS Energy & Sustainability

Host(s):

• Shirley Meng, Editor-in-Chief, MRS Energy & Sustainability, University of California, San Diego

Speaker(s):

• Julia Song, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, ESS Inc.
• Max Tuttman, Technology-to-Market Advisor, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
• Szilvia Doczi, Former Economics Lead, System Integration Renewables, International Energy Agency