February Webinar

Expert Panel: Power Electronics as an Energy Storage Enabler

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY  9  | 11:00 A.M. (PDT) TO NOON

PANEL MODERATOR:  LEO CASEY (X [FORMERLY GOOGLE X]) AND CHARLIE VARTANIAN (PNNL)

FEATURING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS:

• MANUEL AVENDANO, SENIOR MANAGER AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON

• AUNG THANT, AN INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE SPECIALIST AT THE NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION

• PAT HAYES, DIRECTOR OF U.S. TRANSIT & BUS CHARGing SOLUTIONS AT ABB

For this interactive panel, Leo Casey, power systems lead engineer at X (formerly Google X), and Charlie Vartanian, an energy advisor at PNNL, will host three special guests who will discuss how power electronics are no longer perceived as a limiter, but rather as the enabler for an agile and adaptable next-generation power grid infrastructure. The panel will cover how appropriately designed power electronics combined with energy storage (ES) and ES+PV unlock capabilities that will be critical to integrating renewables, while preserving and even potentially improving overall reliability and economics of clean-energy supply.