A fully electric building is only as clean as the grid it is connected to; therefore, decarbonizing the built environment requires understanding how batteries are reshaping that grid on both sides of the meter. In this webinar, we start by looking at the impact of behind-the-meter batteries, zooming in on the measured impact of California’s energy policies and the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP). To address emissions front-of-the-meter, we study today’s market-ready and emergent battery technologies—including lithium iron phosphate (LFP), sodium iron pyrophosphate (NFPP), vanadium flow (VFB), aqueous metal hydride, iron-salt and iron-air—and learn how each fits into a utility’s asset portfolio while targeting 100% renewable supply. Finally, we address the impending rapid growth in demand from hyperscale data centers and discuss how batteries provide primary and backup power at these facilities.
Christina Liebner is the owner and principal of Field First Technical Solutions LLC, a consultancy focused on accelerating novel renewable energy technologies to market. Early in her career, she focused on industrial building energy efficiency, performing energy audits and retrocommissioning studies on datacenters, semiconductor fabrication plants, and wet chemistry labs, and she worked to scale building commissioning via automated software tools. Later, she pivoted to grid-scale solar and storage product development and is proud to have directed the operation of the first grid-connected iron-air battery. Christina is also the mother of two bright young girls, ages 3 and 6.
