Resilient Energy, Water and Infrastructure

Grid-Scale Subsurface Energy Storage

Illustration depicting compressed air energy storage (CAES) in porous media systems. Illustration by W. Denn.

Understand and develop effective and affordable grid-scale energy storage in the deep subsurface, such as porous media compressed air energy storage, thermal energy storage, or hydrogen storage. Carry out research on capacity assessment, design of systems, performance analysis, assessment of risks, and specialized analysis of site-specific issues.

Overview

Grid-Scale Subsurface Energy Storage is an Energy Geosciences Division initiative within the Resilient Energy, Water and Infrastructure Program Domain.

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EESA Researchers To Receive FY22 LDRD Funding

July 23, 2021

Berkeley Lab’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has informed recipients across the laboratory of new and renewed funding for their projects beginning in October. In EESA, ten individuals will receive funding for new and continuing projects. All EESA projects are named below. Berkeley Lab’s LDRD program exists because the United States Congress has allowed federal Laboratory…

George Moridis Presented With Honorary Membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers

George Moridis, a senior scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division, has been awarded an Honorary Membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements. Limited to just 0.1% of SPE’s total membership, Honorary Membership in the SPE is the highest honor the nonprofit global professional society presents to an individual.…

San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion Piece Describes Earthquake Detection Using Dark Fiber

June 28, 2021

Research Scientist Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos co-authored an opinion piece for the San Diego Union-Tribune which details how fiber-optic seismometers have come to transform earthquake measurements in recent years, and how an ongoing dark fiber experiment in Imperial Valley has recorded a recent swarm of earthquakes occurring in the area. She co-wrote the piece with two seismologists from…

Mengsu Hu Selected as ARMA Future Leader

EESA research scientist Mengsu Hu was selected as a future leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2020. Watch a video of her describing her work that is part of a new series of Youtube videos recently initiated by Hu with the support of the ARMA Board of Directors to enhance the scientific visibility…

EESA Scientist Participates in Nobel Laureate Meeting

This week EGD Research Scientist Michael Whittaker (pictured above at left) is participating in the 2021 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, as part of the UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellowship program. Whittaker and Berkeley Lab postdocs Lindsay Bassman (CSA) and Marlene Turner (PSA) are attending virtual lectures and interactive sessions with 40 Nobel laureates from…

First 3D image at new Nanotomography Beamline at the ALS

June 18, 2021

A team composed of researchers from the BES Geoscience group in EGD, the Advanced Light Source, and the University of Utah, has constructed a brand-new X-ray nanotomography instrument at beamline 11.3.1 at the ALS. The researchers look forward to the instrument becoming a valuable resource for Earth and materials scientists in EESA and beyond. Above: The…