Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

NEC and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) including Article 706 Parts I and II

In this podcast we go over:

ESS and the NEC 2020, 2017 and 2014 NEC

706 ESS

710 Stand-Alone Systems

712 DC Microgrids

690 PV

NABCEP

1897 NEC

1984 NEC

Statistics

NEC Chapters 1-4, 5, 6, 7

Article 705 Interconnected Power Production Sources

Chapter 8 Communications

Chapter 9 Tables

NFPA 855 Standard for the Installation of Energy Storage Systems

2020 NEC pdf

Article 480 Storage Batteries

NECA, UL 1973, UL 1989, UL 9540, UL 2436

Flywheels

Inverters

Converters

Gravity ESS

UPS

Flow Battery

AHJ Qualified Person

Details of Sections 706.2 through 706.16 (Parts I and II of 706). Part I of Article 706 is “General” and Part II is “Disconnecting Means”.

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Energy Storage Tech Comparisons including Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Lithium-Ion vs. Lead-Acid, Sodium Sulfur, UL 9540 and UL 1973

In this podcast, we will cover:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Bloom Energy

Bloom Box

Hydrogen from Natural Gas

Server Module

Ethanol

Lithium vs. Lead-Acid

Solar Family Reunion

Nameplate Capacity vs. Usable Capacity

Round Trip Efficiency

Cobalt

Graphite Anode

NMC

LFP

LifePo

NCA

Reactive Power (Q) Black Start

VRLA

AGM

NiMH

Silicon Graphite Anode

Tesla batteries

Sodium Sulfur

UL 9540

UL 1973

LG and more

 

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Energy Storage System Markets Podcast

In this podcast, we will cover:

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) growth rates

Lithium and other markets

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

Molten Salt Storage

Fly Wheel Storage

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)

Ternary Batteries (NMC or NCA vs. LFP)

Energy Density vs. Specific Energy

Battery Memory Myths

Protection Circuits

Lead-Acid Deep Cycle Batteries

Maintenance

Equalization

NiMH

NiCad

Lithium vs. Lithium-Ion Batteries

Lithium Air Battery

Lithium Polymer

Microporous Electrolyte vs. Porous Separator

Tesla battery cost advantage rumors

Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

Anolyte

Catholyte

Oxidation

Zinc Bromine Flow Batteries

NEC and more! 

 

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Common Energy Storage System (ESS) Components for Large-Sized Projects

In this podcast, we will focus on the following manufacturers: Samsung, LG, Mitsubishi and Sungrow.

(In another podcast we will cover other manufacturers)

Some of the topics included here are:

Diversified manufacturers and bankruptcy risks

Warranty insurance

Distributed energy storage

UPS

Residential and telecom smaller scale comparisons

Virtual Power Plants (VPP)

Cells

Racks

Containers

Peak Shifting

Smoothing

Power vs. Energy Applications

Frequency regulation

Pouch

Prismatic and cylinder cells

Capacity

Specific energy

Energy density

Software

PLC

State of Charge

Power Control Systems (PCS NEC 705.13)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Grid Stabilization

Voltage Control

Monitoring

Voltage Drop (rise)

UL 1741

C-rate

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Lithium vs. Sodium sulfur battery

Energy management systems (EMS). 

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Battery Charging and Discharging Podcast

In this podcast, we will cover:

battery charging and discharging

voltage levels

coulomb counting

data

temperatures

loads

warranties

battery management systems (BMS)

smart batteries

dumb batteries

self discharge

rubber band effect

button battery dangers

FAA battery rules.

 

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Lithium Battery Topics

Topics covered:

Transportation of batteries

Lithium metal dendrites

Lithium ion

International Air Transportation Association (IATA)

Surprise Thermal Events

Recycling lithium batteries

Battery aging

Rock content

Cutoff Voltage

Battery sweet zone

Stratification

Faded

2nd hand EV batteries used for stationary ESS and data science.

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VPP (Virtual Power Plants)

In this episode Sean talks about virtual power plants, which is the aggregation of many small energy storage systems together to end up with the energy storage capacity of a large utility scale energy storage facility. This distributed energy storage, working in harmony with each other can provide many benefits to the grid and to consumers.

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Lithium-ion Battery basics

In this podcast, we will cover, C-rates, hour rates, E-rates, comparing lithium to lead-acid batteries, DOD, battery cells, modules and packs, series and parallel connections, cylindrical, prismatic and pouch batteries, cathodes, anodes, electron flow vs. conventional current direction, electrolytes and the graphite anode.

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Greg Smith of Sonnen Battery Part 4 of 4

This is the fourth and final part of an interview with Greg Smith of Sonnen Battery. In this podcast we cover Greg’s opinion against rapid shutdown (RSD) requirements of the NEC, a book he is writing, whole house backup and how fast a Sonnen can react to a grid outage, which is 100 milliseconds.

 

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AC and DC Coupling of PV and Energy Storage

When you connect PV to Energy Storage, you have to decide if you are going to have them connected together via ac or dc electricity. There are benefits to each for different applications. We will talk about the nuances of ac coupling and dc coupling and give you the benefits and drawbacks of each.

 

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