MAE Professor Pirouz Kavehpour was the keynote speaker at the Inaugural Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Conference at UC Riverside, on April 13, 2018. The title of his speech was “Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): Challenges and Promises”.

From UC Riverside’s website:

The Inaugural Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Conference

The Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC) is proud to announce the Inaugural Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Conference to be held at University of California, Riverside on Friday, April 13, 2018. The conference will provide a forum for faculty, researchers, practitioners, regulators, technology developers, community leaders and utility companies to share the latest advances and future opportunities for energy. The conference will include invited and contributed presentations, panel discussions, industry showcases, and networking reception to enhance the opportunities and collaborations among various stakeholders. The theme of the conference will focus on two pillars of energy storage technologies including battery as well as system integration, operation, and business models for energy storage across a variety of applications.