(ProNewsReport Editorial): – Pune, Maharashtra September 16, 2021 (Issuewire.com) – Emerging Technology News (ETN), a leading publication on energy storage and emerging technologies, has announced the list of 50 global visionaries and 12 emerging stars who have worked tirelessly to advance the cause of green energy and clean transport. As last year, ETN published the special edition for World Energy Storage Day (September 22nd), dedicated to the pioneers and advocates of energy storage worldwide who have spent years developing technologies that improve the quality of life and have achieved technological breakthroughs. The list was selected based on input from ETN readers and recommendations from the editors.
‘ETN 50 Luminaries’ Convention – a forerunner of the global virtual conference WESD 2021 took place on September 15, 2021. The dignitaries present at the convention were Babu Chalamala, Energy Storage Technology and Systems Division, Sandia National Laboratories; Arumugam Manthiram, American materials scientist, professor, University of Texas, Austin; Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, US Department of Energy; James (Jim) Greenberger, Executive Director and Founder, National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries (NAATBatt); Dr. William P. Acker, Executive Director, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST); DR. Rahul Walawalkar, President, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA); Rakesh Malhotra, founded LivGuard Energy Technologies and Mike Gravely, Team Leader and Senior Electrical Engineer for the Energy Systems Research Office, California Energy Commission
This is also an endeavor to present a world view of the efforts and advances in the field of energy storage through innovative products, services, ideas and even fruitful collaborations. Energy storage in the pivotal technology enables more renewable energy to be integrated into the grid and is fueling the global transition to electric vehicles, reducing harmful CO2 emissions, pollution and dependence on fossil fuels.
The list of 50 global visionaries includes 50 executives, 11 researchers, 18 energy storage business leaders, 9 e-mobility business leaders, 7 industry leaders / associations, and 5 policy makers and implementers. The notable visionaries are:
- Akira Yoshino, Fellow – Asahi Kasei and President – Lithium-ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center (LIBTEC)
- Donald Sadowy, Scientist & Professor, John. F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
- Arumugam Manthiram, Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program
- Bill Gates, Founder, Breakthrough Energy Company
- Bill Gross, Founder, idealab
- Carla Petermann, Executive VP – Corporate Affairs, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Dale Hill, Founder, Proterra
- Manuel Francisco Perez Dubuc, CEO, Fluence
- Daryl Wilson, Managing Director, Hydrogen Council
- Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla
- Gautam Chatterjee, Full-time consultant and former CEO, Exide Industries Ltd
- Graham Cooley, CEO, ITM Power
- Hak Cheol Shin, Director / CEO, LG Chem
- Chetan Maini, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, SUN Mobility
- Horace Lukas, Chairman and CEO, Gogoro
- Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, DOE US
- James L. Robo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NextEra Energy
- Janice Lin, Founder and President, Green Hydrogen Coalition; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, strategist
- Jeff Dahn, Chair of Industrial Research NSERC / Tesla Canada Inc, NSERC / Tesla Canada Inc. + Dalhousie University
- Jeffrey B. Straubel, Founder, Redwood Materials
- John B. Goodenough, Professor, University of Texas
- Kelly Speakes-Backman, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy
- Maria Skyllas Kazacos, Researcher and Professor Emeritus, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
- Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder & CEO, Form Energy
- Pasquale Romano, CEO, ChargePoint Inc
- Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE)
- Rachid Yazami, Professor, National Academy of Engineering, Washington DC
- DR. Rahul Walawalkar, President, Customized Energy Solutions India & India Energy Storage Alliance
- Rakesh Malhotra, Founder, LivGuard Energy Technologies
- Samudrala, President (New Energy, Amaraja Batteries), Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
- Randall MacEwen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ballard Power Systems
- Stanley Whittingham, Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University, New York, USA
- Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman, Toyota
- Urban diapers, MD, BVES (Federal Association of Energy Storage Systems)
- Vinod Chosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
- Wang Chuanfu, Founder and Chairman, BYD
- William Li Nio, Founder and CEO, Nio
- Yet-Ming Chiang, Co-Founder and Senior Scientist, Form Energy
- James (Jim) Greenberger, CEO and Founder, NAATBatt International
- Babu Chalamala, Head – ES Technology and Systems Department, Sandia National Laboratories
- Mike Gravely, Assistant Division Director, Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission
- William P. Acker, Executive Director, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)
- Venkat Srinivasan, Director, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), Argonne National Lab
- John Jung, President & CEO, Greensmith Energy Management Systems
- Chris Shelton, Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer, and President, AES Next
- Ghislin Lescuyer, CEO, juice
- Robert Galeyn, CEO & President – Highview Power and Board Member – US Energy Storage Association (ESA), Highview Power (CEO) Board of Directors of the US Energy Storage Association (ESA)
- Zeng Yuqun, Founder and Chairman, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)
- Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog
- Thomas Schmall, Chairman of the Board of Management, Volkswagen Group Components
The rising stars of the list of energy storage systems include 4 researchers, 5 business leaders in the field of energy storage, 2 business leaders in e-mobility and 1 political / industrial enabler. The rising stars are:
- Lars Carlstrom, Founder, Italvolt
- Kristin person, Scientist / Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and JCESR. of the DOE
- Jessica Lin, Group Product Manager of Data Engineering, Oracle Utilities
- Ramya Swaminathan, CEO, Malta
- Yen T. Yeh, Founder, battery brunch
- Naoki Ota, President & CEO, 24 M
- Yi Cui, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and courtesy Professor of Chemistry
- Venkat Viswanathan, Associate Professor – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- Eric Hsieh, Director of Network Systems and Components, DOE
- Shirley Meng, Professor, University of California San Diego
- Dr. Vincent Sprenkle, Senior Technical Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Tristan Grimbert, President and CEO, EDF Renewable Energy
World Energy Storage Day (WESD) virtual Global Conference & Expo is being organized to commemorate the 5th WESD to promote a global ecosystem promoting energy storage and new technologies. The 24-hour marathon will take place on September 22, 2021 and will encompass four global regions (includes the Asia-Pacific region, India – Russia, Europe – the Middle East and Africa, and North and South America) with sessions on stationary energy storage systems, e.g. -Mobility and charging infrastructure, manufacturing, innovation, R&D and green hydrogen. The event is expected to attract global attendees from over 100 countries to facilitate bilateral trade, market development and new research and innovation with the participation of regulators, policy makers and international speakers. The conference will also include nine parallel workshops organized by different partners.
The event will include four conference tracks of eight hours each, available to attendees in a variety of languages, namely English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Korean, Spanish, Hindi and French. Leading organizations, government agencies, national labs and associations around the world present their country’s contribution to the industry and advise on the latest trends.
