‘‘(C) the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
described in paragraph (1) to determine the achieve-
ment of technical milestones. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to the 
program described in paragraph (1) may be obli-
gated or expended for commercial application of en-
ergy technology.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 973 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 973. Solar fuels research initiative.’’. 
(e) ELECTRICITY STORAGE RESEARCH INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 975 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16315) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 975. ELECTRICITY STORAGE RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 
‘‘(a) INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a research initiative, to be known as the ‘Elec-
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tricity Storage Research Initiative’ (referred to in 
this section as the ‘Initiative’)— 
‘‘(A) to expand theoretical and funda-
mental knowledge to control, store, and con-
vert— 
‘‘(i) electrical energy to chemical en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(ii) chemical energy to electrical en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(B) to support scientific inquiry into the 
practical understanding of chemical and phys-
ical processes that occur within systems involv-
ing crystalline and amorphous solids, polymers, 
and organic and aqueous liquids. 
‘‘(2) LEVERAGING.—In carrying out programs 
and activities under the Initiative, the Secretary 
shall leverage expertise and resources from— 
‘‘(A) the Basic Energy Sciences Program, 
the Advanced Scientific Computing Research 
Program, and the Biological and Environmental 
Research Program of the Office of Science; and 
‘‘(B) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy. 
‘‘(3) TEAMS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
Initiative, the Secretary shall organize activities 
among multidisciplinary teams to leverage, to 
the maximum extent practicable, expertise from 
the National Laboratories, institutions of higher 
education, and the private sector. 
‘‘(B) GOALS.—The multidisciplinary teams 
described in subparagraph (A) shall pursue ag-
gressive, milestone-driven, basic research goals. 
‘‘(C) RESOURCES.—The Secretary shall 
provide sufficient resources to the multidisci-
plinary teams described in subparagraph (A) to 
achieve the goals described in subparagraph (B) 
over a period of time to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
may organize additional activities under this sub-
section through Energy Frontier Research Centers, 
Energy Innovation Hubs, or other organizational 
structures. 
‘‘(b) MULTIVALENT SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out under the Initiative a program to support re-
search needed to bridge scientific barriers to, and 
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discover knowledge relevant to, multivalent ion mate-
rials in electric energy storage systems. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the program de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Basic 
Energy 
Sciences 
shall 
investigate 
electro-
chemical properties and the dynamics of mate-
rials, including charge transfer phenomena and 
mass transport in materials; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
described in paragraph (1) to determine the achieve-
ment of technical milestones. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to the 
program described in paragraph (1) may be obli-
gated or expended for commercial application of en-
ergy technology. 
‘‘(c) ELECTROCHEMISTRY MODELING AND SIMULA-
TION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out under the Initiative a program to support re-
search to model and simulate organic electrolytes, 
including the static and dynamic electrochemical be-
havior and phenomena of organic electrolytes at the 
molecular and atomic level in monovalent and multi-
valent systems. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the program de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Basic 
Energy Sciences, in coordination with the Asso-
ciate Director of Advanced Scientific Com-
puting Research, shall support the development 
of 
high 
performance 
computational 
tools 
through a joint development process to maxi-
mize the effectiveness of current and projected 
high performance computing systems; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
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