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Hitachi and Johnson Controls Sign MoU to Collaborate on Advanced Energy Storage

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have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on several fronts in the field of advanced energy storage. In 2000, the Hitachi Group began mass-producing lithium-ion automotive batteries. Hitachi, Ltd. and Johnson Controls, Inc. Earlier post.).

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European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

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Technical bjectives include: >750 Wh/l cell energy density. Useful cycle life of >2000. >4.5V The financial objective is to achieve a cost of no more than €90/kWh at the pack level when entering commercial production. The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million

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Japanese start-up seeks to commercialize dual-carbon battery technology; anion intercalation

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Start-up Power Japan Plus announced plans to commercialize a dual-carbon battery technology, which it calls the Ryden dual carbon battery. 1994) and Seel and Dahn (2000), along with many others. This facility will allow the company to meet demand for specialty energy storage markets such as medical devices and satellites.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.

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Ricardo Introduces Kinergy Flywheel Energy Storage System; FLYBUS and KinerStor

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The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. million) FLYBUS project involves the development of a Ricardo Kinergy flywheel energy storage device incorporating a Torotrak patented Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for installation in a demonstrator vehicle based on an Optare Solo bus.

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KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

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As the Li-metal shows 10 times higher theoretical capacity (3,860 mAh/g) than graphite (372 mAh/g), it has steadily gained much attention from areas that need high-capacity batteries, such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

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The engines are used in a wide variety of applications, for example, in energy supply, commercial shipping, heavy land vehicles, passenger trains and in yachts. Development engineers are also working on engines powered by hydrogen and methanol as well as on concepts for decentralized Power-to-X systems.

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