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Lux: Li-ion dominating grid storage market with 90% of 2014 proposals

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Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the dominant new technology in grid storage, capturing a 90% share of systems proposed last year, according to analysts at Lux Research. Li-ion accounted for 419 MW and 1,555 MWh of proposed storage systems in 2014. Japan maintained its lead in installed energy storage capacity with 1,174 MWh.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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The Iter project has greatly increased researchers’ knowledge about magnetic-confinement fusion and spurred the development of the industry’s highly specialized global supply chain and workforce. In 2015, Mumgaard huddled with a group of his fellow MIT researchers to rethink the approach to fusion power.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Amesbury, Mass. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. Louisville, Colo. Niskayuna, N.Y.