Speaker: Janos Toth, Vice President of Business Development, Gravient The topics will include the following: · The need for grid scale (larger than 20 MWh) energy storage · Challenges with the current grid scale energy storage technologies (pumped hydro, compressed air, hydrogen, Lithium Ion and other chemical batteries) · Development of gravity based lifted weigh energy storage technology. · Gravity based lifted weight grid scale energy technology details. · Benefits of lifted weight energy storage technology · Status of implementation of lifted weight energy storage technology Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello. All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don’t have a local Affinity Group. We are looking for speakers for the rest of the year, contact Carl Zanon if interested. Speaker(s): Janos Toth Agenda: 9:45 AM Zoom opens 10:00 AM Welcome and speaker introduction 10:05 AM Speaker Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419663