[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9464-9465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03231]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Stakeholder Meetings To Receive Input on the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) 
Initiative

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholder meetings.

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SUMMARY: The ESGC is a cross-cutting initiative to utilize resources 
from across DOE to accelerate research & development (R&D), 
commercialization, and implementation of cutting-edge energy storage 
technologies to promote United States global leadership in the energy 
storage technologies of the future. The U.S. DOE Research and 
Technology Investment Committee (RTIC) Energy Storage Subcommittee 
intends to hold Stakeholder Meetings to receive input on the approaches 
and activities for the ESGC initiative.

DATES: The locations and dates of these meetings are as follows:
     Seattle, WA on March 6, 2020. Please express your interest 
to attend by February 27.
     Austin, TX on March 10, 2020. Please express your interest 
to attend by March 2.
     Chicago, IL on March 17, 2020. Please express your 
interest to attend by March 2.
     Washington, DC on March 26, 2020. Please express your 
interest to attend by March 11.

ADDRESSES: 
    The Stakeholder Meetings will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. local time. The meeting times may change to accommodate Workshop 
business.
    For the Seattle, WA Meeting:
    The Westin Seattle, 1900 5th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101.
    For the Austin, TX Meeting:
    The University of Texas at Austin, Thompson Conference Center, 2405 
Robert Dedman Dr., Austin, Texas 78712.
    For the Chicago, IL Meeting:
    Argonne in the City, 5235 S. Harper Court, Chicago, Ill 60651.
    For the Washington, DC Meeting:
    DoubleTree Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Due to space constraints, there will be limited seating available; 
therefore, the public meeting will be open to a limited number of 
parties. If you are interested in attending any of these meetings, 
please express interest at www.energy.gov/energy-storage-grand-challenge/events. Additionally, if you are a foreign national and wish 
to participate, please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible by 
contacting Ms. Stacy Byrd at [email protected] so that the 
necessary procedures can be completed.
    You will be notified via email at least 4 days before the date of 
the meeting if you were confirmed as an attendee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Vinod Siberry, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-1207, 
or [email protected]. Please include ``Further Information'' in 
the email's subject line. In the body of the email, please include your 
name, organization, and contact information, in addition to your 
question or inquiry.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The ESGC intends to create a cross-cutting strategy for U.S. 
leadership in energy storage by focusing efforts across five tracks:
    (1.) Technology Development: Establish ambitious, achievable

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performance goals, and a comprehensive R&D portfolio to achieve them;
    (2.) Technology Transition: Accelerate the technology pipeline from 
research to system design to private sector adoption through rigorous 
system evaluation, performance validation, siting tools, and targeted 
collaborations;
    (3.) Policy and Valuation: Develop best-in-class models, data, and 
analysis to inform the most effective value proposition and use cases 
for storage technologies;
    (4.) Manufacturing and Supply Chain: Design new technologies to 
strengthen U.S. manufacturing and recyclability, and to reduce 
dependence on foreign sources of critical minerals; and
    (5.) Workforce: Train the next generation of American workers to 
meet the needs of the 21st century electric grid and energy storage 
value chain.
    All of these meetings will address the Technology Development 
Track, with a potential sub-focus in one or more of the other tracks.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2020.
Bruce J. Walker,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-03231 Filed 2-18-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P