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Advanced Battery Storage

December 15 - 16, 2025 Online :: Central Time

“You will get more out of this lecture than you can imagine.”

Electrical Project Manager, Allgeier, Martin & Assoc., Inc.

“Was a great training session and questioned were answered.”

Site Manager – Corazon, BayWa r.e.

“Speakers were great, engaged, knowledgeable, and responsive to questions.” 

Energy Storage Mechanical Engineer, IEA

The increasing competitiveness and critical role of battery energy storage assets in supporting the decarbonization and resilience of the electricity system means that opportunities for energy storage will continue to develop for many years. Continued support from utility regulators and operators are enabling energy storage to realize its enormous potential. Falling prices have made battery energy storage competitive for many applications both on and off the grid.

Storage has multiple application characteristics, underscoring the need for different batteries and technologies. This advanced battery storage course will provide an in-depth overview of the various types of batteries and address elements to consider such as battery characteristics, projected life, performance, and costs.  It will include battery storage applications, utility scale implementations, safety, design considerations, use cases, end-of-life options, and the future of storage.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify different types of batteries and design considerations for each
  • Discuss the various battery chemistry characteristics
  • Discuss necessary safety hazards that need to be considered
  • Identify the major components in a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
  • Discuss the different battery storage applications
  • Review various battery storage use cases
  • Examine the difference in efficiencies of AC/DC coupled systems
  • Review end-of-life options for batteries including recycling and refurbishing
  • Discuss the future of energy storage

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This is a recorded session - no instructor interaction is available. Recordings do not qualify for continuing education credits. Recordings will expire 30 days from date of purchase and sharing, downloading or copying of the recording in any way is strictly prohibited and will result in the termination of your license.

PURCHASE THIS RECORDING:

Recording license(s)$ 1495.00 each
Day one

Monday, December 15, 2025

Day two

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Agenda

Monday, December 15, 2025
Central Time

Online

Log In

8:45 AM

Lunch Break

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Adjourn for the day

4:30 PM

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Log In

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Overview & Introductions

9:15 - 10:30 AM

Long Duration Batteries

Battery chemistry

  • Matching the chemistry to the application
  • Characteristics
  • Charge rates
  • Diversity of chemistry – 200 + and counting (periodic table illustration)

Lithium-ion BESS

  • How they work
  • BESS safety
  • Family of chemistries – each with different characteristics

Flow batteries

  • Redux
  • Plating
  • Organic and others

Other battery technologies

  • Advanced lead-based batteries
  • Sodium, fluorine, etc.
  • Hydrogen
10:30 - 10:45 AM

Morning Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Design Considerations

  • Common characteristics
  • Projected life
  • Performance

Safety Dimensions

  • Battery scorecards
  • NEC 855
  • IEEE 1547 and UL 1741
  • UL9540 and 9540A
  • Fire protection systems
  • Navigating the safety standards
  • Industry lessons learned
12:15 - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break

1:!5 - 2:45 PM

Major Components in a BESS

  • A graphic representation of a typical BESS
  • Batteries
  • Environmental systems (HVAC, etc.)
  • Fire suppression
  • Inverters
  • Step-up transformers
  • Secondary containment
  • Controllers
  • Housings
  • Battery management system
  • Energy management systems
2:45 - 3:00 PM

Afternoon Break

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Battery Storage Applications

  • Top 10 use cases (what they require from a battery)
  • Wholesale energy market
  • Distribution energy market
  • Utility operations
  • Renewable locations (e.g. Solar+Storage)
  • Residential
  • EV charging
  • Critical facilities
  • Other
4:30 PM

Day 1 Adjourns

Agenda

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Central Time

Online

Log In

8:45 AM

Lunch Break

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Adjourn for the day

4:30 PM

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Log In

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Building a Business Case

  • Typical benefit categories
  • Regional interconnection differences

Costs

  • Initial capital costs
  • Soft costs of initial placement (e.g. design, permits, etc.)
  • Interconnection
  • Operations & maintenance
10:30 - 10:45 AM

Morning Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Scoping & Scale

  • Utility scale implementation
    • Lessons learned
    • Addressing local constraints and systems
    • How to avoid impacting end users
  • System resiliency
    • Redundancy
    • Back-up power/UPS
  • AC/DC coupled systems
    • Differences in efficiency
12:15 - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break

1:15 - 2:45 PM

Operational Aspects

  • Design considerations
    • Li-Ion and other “square” batteries
    • Flow batteries
  • Implementation
    • Typical work plan at a high level
    • Typical timelines
    • Case studies
  • Operational risks
  • Conducting inspections and maintenance
    • Service agreements
    • O&M agreement challenges
2:45 - 3:00 PM

Afternoon Break

3:00 - 4:30 PM

The Storage Ecosystem

  • Refurbishing & decommissioning
    • Recycling industry and practices (current and future)
    • Environmental considerations
  • Integrators and EPCs
    • Contracting strategies
    • Integrators – what they do and value they bring
  • The future of battery storage
    • What’s next
4:30 PM

Course Adjourns

Instructor

Doug Houseman

Senior Managing Consultant & Utility Modernization Lead

1898 & Co. (a division of Burns & McDonnell)

Doug Houseman is Senior Managing Consultant & Utility Modernization Lead for 1898 & Co., a division of Burns and McDonnell.  He has been working on storage issues since 1980, when he was involved with a number of DOD projects.  As a long-time industry veteran, he has worked on all seven continents and in more than 70 countries on grid-related issues.  Before joining the Burns & McDonnell organization, Mr. Houseman was Vice President for Technical Innovation at EnerNex, and the CTO for Energy at Capgemini.  He is the Chairman of the IEEE PES Grid and Emerging Technology Coordinating Committee, a member of several standards working groups, and the author of CEATIs Distribution Utility Technology Roadmap, as well as the Low Carbon Menu.  In addition, Mr. Houseman is a member of the Gridwise Architecture Council (GWAC), chair of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Intelligent Grid and Emerging Technology Coordinating Committee, and a NIST Resiliency Fellow.

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

 

Instructional Methods

Case studies and PowerPoint presentations will be used in this program.

CPE

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 14.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

Individuals working in the following areas will benefit from attending this event:

  • Grid level renewable energy project developers
  • Utility management
  • Solicitation / Procurement staff
  • Resource Planning staff
  • Technical staff
  • Regulators and regulatory staff
  • Storage vendors
  • Distributed level renewable energy project developers
  • RTOs/ISOs
  • Consultants
  • Equipment manufacturers
  • Renewable’s systems
  • Transmission staff
  • Distribution staff