BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240527T154043Z UID:40BA303E-F4C6-4089-8BA5-569765B4177A DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240525T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240525T110000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Janos Toth\, Vice President of Business Development\, Gravient\n\nThe topics will include the following:\n\n· The need for grid scale (larger than 20 MWh) energy storage\n\n· Challenges with the curre nt grid scale energy storage technologies (pumped hydro\, compressed air\, hydrogen\, Lithium Ion and other chemical batteries)\n\n· Development of gravity based lifted weigh energy storage technology.\n\n· Gravity based lifted weight grid scale energy technology details.\n\n· Benefits of lif ted weight energy storage technology\n\n· Status of implementation of lif ted weight energy storage technology\n\nRegistration is optional\, but we want to know who to expect.\n10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12 :45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.\nAll IEEE members are welcome\, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity G roup.\n\nWe are looking for speakers for the rest of the year\, contact Ca rl Zanon <sczanon@shaw.ca> if interested.\n\nSpeaker(s): Janos Toth\n\nAge nda: \n9:45 AM Zoom opens\n10:00 AM Welcome and speaker introduction\n10:0 5 AM Speaker\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419663 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419663 ORGANIZER:cguelke@telus.net SEQUENCE:21 SUMMARY:Vancouver TALK 25: Grid-scale Gravity-based Electrical Energy Stora ge System URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419663 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-fami ly: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi- theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\ ;">Speaker: Janos Toth</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-the me-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\;"> \, <span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; m so-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso- fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso- bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none \; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-langu age: AR-SA\;">Vice President of Business Development\, Gravient</span></sp an></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14 pt\;">The topics will include the following:</span></p>\n<p style="margin- left: .5in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-indent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 leve l1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font -family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; color: black\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span s tyle="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor- latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-lat in\; color: black\;">The need for grid scale (larger than 20 MWh) energy s torage</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: .5in\; mso-add-space: auto\; tex t-indent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->< span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-fam ily: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; color: black\;"><span style=" mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;" >&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><! --[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans- serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-la tin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\;">Challenges with t he current grid scale energy storage technologies (pumped hydro\, compress ed air\, hydrogen\, Lithium Ion and other chemical batteries)</span></p>\n <p style="margin-left: .5in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-indent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-si ze: 14.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-b idi-font-family: Symbol\; color: black\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;" >&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span s tyle="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-t heme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-them e-font: minor-latin\; color: black\;">Development of gravity based lifted weigh energy storage technology. </span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: .5in\ ; mso-add-space: auto\; text-indent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: Sy mbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; co lor: black\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; fo nt-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso -hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\;">Gravity based lifted weight grid scale energy technology details .</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: .5in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-ind ent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; color: black\;"><span style="mso-l ist: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[en dif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif \; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\;">Benefits of lifted wei ght energy storage technology</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: .5in\; ms o-add-space: auto\; text-indent: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: Symbol \; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; color: black\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0 pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-f amily: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-han si-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: bla ck\;">Status of implementation of lifted weight energy storage technology< /span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: .5in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-inden t: -.25in\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="western">Re gistration is optional\, but we want to know who to expect.<br><strong>10: 00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connec tion and say hello.<br></strong>All IEEE members are welcome\, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group.<strong><br></st rong></p>\n<p>We are looking for speakers for the rest of the year\, conta ct Carl Zanon &lt\;sczanon@shaw.ca&gt\; if interested.</p><br /><br />Agen da: <br /><p>9:45 AM Zoom opens<br>10:00 AM Welcome and speaker introducti on<br>10:05 AM Speaker</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR