As Battery Week kicks off in Binghamton, work continues in earnest across the region to bolster domestic battery and energy storage technology advancements. Federally and state-funded initiatives led by Binghamton University aim to establish upstate New York as a national hub for battery innovation and manufacturing. It has been two years since the region was named a Build Back Better Regional Challenge awardee, one year almost to the day since it was named a national Battery Tech Hub and only a little more than six months since the National Science Foundation Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine kicked off. A lot of work has been done, and the teams focused on these initiatives are eager to do more. “Built in America by Americans. That’s really our goal,” said M. Stanley Whittingham, a SUNY distinguished professor and Nobel laureate in chemistry whose research is at the heart of the initiatives. “What we’re pushing is a sustainable ecosystem, one that can really strengthen this part of the economy. Bringing our partners to the table for Battery Week helps us see the progress we’re making in areas from R&D to manufacturing.” New Energy New York and the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine are bringing together more than 100 industry partners, dozens of governments, multiple nonprofits and four of the leading research institutions in the region — Binghamton, Cornell University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Syracuse University — to accelerate this work.