2016, Commercial, Energy Storage and Recharge

Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

Cheesecake is part of a cohort of companies trying to meet a growing need for alternative forms of energy storage. As countries transition away from fossil fuels to green sources of energy like wind and solar, there will be natural lulls in energy production due to weather conditions.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Molten Salt Grid

OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

Described in a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the smart membrane separator could enable the design of a new category of rechargeable/refillable energy storage devices with high energy density and specific power that would overcome the contemporary limitations of electric vehicles.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Power Powered

Boeing HorizonX invests in lithium-metal rechargeable battery startup Cuberg

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Cuberg developed an advanced lithium metal rechargeable battery cell that is designed to be a drop-in solution to existing large-scale battery manufacturing processes. It combines a lithium metal anode, proprietary electrolyte and high-voltage cathode to achieve high energy density and thermal durability. -based Cuberg , Inc.,

Recharge

Recharge Battery Batteries Grant

ENGIE launches fleet of 50 hydrogen fuel cell Renault Kangoo Z.E. vans, inaugurates first alternative multi-fuel station in France

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

These vehicles will be used by ENGIE Cofely technicians to ensure multi-technical operations and maintenance work for commercial buildings in the Île-de-France. ENGIE joined Michelin as a shareholder in Symbio in 2016. For ENGIE, renewable hydrogen is one of the missing links needed to construct a more sustainable energy system.

France

France Hydrogen Fuel Fleet

Purdue team uses pollen grains as basis for carbon architectures for Li-ion anodes

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

A team at Purdue University has used pollens as the basis for carbon architectures for anodes in energy storage devices. Solid, dense carbon particles provides high energy density to the rechargeable batteries. Tang and Pol (2016). Findings showed the cattail pollens performed better than bee pollen.

Li-ion

Li-ion Carbon Energy Storage Lithium Ion

UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. A key part of this initiative is the use of onsite energy storage batteries.

Grid

Grid London Fleet Charging

Low-cost N-doped interlayer derived from loofah sponge enables high-performance Li-S, Li-Se and LiI2 batteries

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

Current advanced rechargeable batteries that adopt lithium intercalation compounds as cathode and graphite as anode still cannot meet the escalating demands in electric vehicle markets as well as the smart-grid energy storage because of high cost and insufficient theoretical specific energy density. —Gu et al.

Low Cost

Low Cost Battery Batteries Recharge

ORNL, Solid Power sign exclusive license for lithium-sulfur battery technology

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The license was negotiated by ORNL commercialization manager Eugene Cochran. Among their extensive work on Lithium-sulfur, in 2013, members of the Oak Ridge team designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies.

Lithium Sulfur

Lithium Sulfur Lithium Ion Power Powered

Efficient Drivetrains awarded bus fleet order for the City of Sheyang, China

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

The company’s EDI PowerDrive 6000 PHEV drivetrain system surpassed one million miles in a commercial fleet setting in late 2016. The PowerDrive 6000 PHEV and EV drivetrains are targeted at Class 6 medium-duty commercial fleet vehicles (work and distribution vehicles, municipal services, food & beverage, utilities, and telecom).

Fleet

Fleet China PHEV Fuel Economy

Largest ultra-fast EV charging station goes live in Beijing; supporting electric buses out of Xiaoying Terminal

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Future facility and charging point expansions are already planned out for 2016-2020 to accommodate more routes converting to fast charging electric vehicles. Each new bus takes only 10-15 minutes to complete recharging the battery. Click to enlarge. State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) is the largest electric utility in the world.

Charging

Charging Li-ion Grid Energy Storage

Kokam introduces new XPAND Li-ion pack for electric vehicle manufacturers; advanced liquid cooling, 150 Wh/kg

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Ltd, has introduced the XPAND battery pack, delivering electric vehicle manufacturers a safe, high-performance, cost-effective battery solution for electric bus, tram, truck, ground support equipment (GSE), military, marine, special-purpose and other commercial and industrial electric vehicle (EV) applications. kWh XMP71P and the 11.4

Li-ion

Li-ion Manufacturer Electric Vehicles Mariner

Fuji Pigment synthesizing ionic liquids for Al-air battery electrolytes, Li-ion electrolytes and other applications

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Aluminum-air batteries offer a theoretical specific energy of 8.1 However, aluminum-air technology suffers from parasitic hydrogen evolution caused by anode corrosion during discharge; this has been a long-standing barrier to the commercialization of aluminum–air batteries. Now, Fuji Pigment Co., Electrolytes for other batteries.

Li-ion

Li-ion Battery Batteries Recharge

Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

As previously announced ( earlier post ), Volvo Buses will officially launch the new plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September. Total energy consumption is reduced by 60%. Recharging takes approximately 6 minutes at end stations. Click to enlarge.

Volvo

Volvo Plug-in Hybrid Plug

CFX Battery Changes Name to Contour Energy Systems, Entering Market with High Power Lithium Carbon Flouride Primary Batteries; Next-Generation Secondary Batteries Under Development

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MARCH 15, 2010

Comparison of gravimetric and volumetric energy densities for four different types of 2016 coin cells. The company is targeting an accelerated time-to-market for next-generation rechargeable (secondary) batteries that will also benefit from its battery chemistries and materials. Source: Contour. Click to enlarge. 3 V system.

Battery

Battery Batteries Carbon Li-ion

DOE releases SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 2 topics; hydrogen, electric vehicles, more efficient combustion engines; biogas-to-fuels

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. Electric drive vehicle batteries. SiC MOSFETs for electric drive vehicle power electronics.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Fuel Electric Vehicles

MIT team reexamines rates of Li-ion cost decline

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MARCH 24, 2021

The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen significantly over the last three decades, and has been a major driver of the rapid growth of those technologies. Ziegler and Trancik.

Li-ion

Li-ion MIT Lithium Ion Price

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

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MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. PHEVs offer substantial amounts of electric-only driving while avoiding the range and recharge-time limitations of BEVs. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge. Hybrid LDVs might reach 94 mpg (2.5

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy

Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team have demonstrated a long-cycle-life calcium-metal-based liquid-metal rechargeable battery for grid-scale energy storage, overcoming the problems that have precluded the use of the element: its high melting temperature, high reactivity and unfavorably high solubility in molten salts.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt MIT Battery Batteries

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The pure electric vehicles, for reserve, must carry heavy and expensive batteries—which add expense as well as weight—and must have access to high-powered recharging stations [ 1 ]. These energy transfer systems are already everywhere in the country. PHEVs’ batteries can be used as the storage medium.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

EV Driven

Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Boeing HorizonX invests in lithium-metal rechargeable battery startup Cuberg

ENGIE launches fleet of 50 hydrogen fuel cell Renault Kangoo Z.E. vans, inaugurates first alternative multi-fuel station in France

Purdue team uses pollen grains as basis for carbon architectures for Li-ion anodes

UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

Low-cost N-doped interlayer derived from loofah sponge enables high-performance Li-S, Li-Se and LiI2 batteries

ORNL, Solid Power sign exclusive license for lithium-sulfur battery technology

Efficient Drivetrains awarded bus fleet order for the City of Sheyang, China

Largest ultra-fast EV charging station goes live in Beijing; supporting electric buses out of Xiaoying Terminal

Kokam introduces new XPAND Li-ion pack for electric vehicle manufacturers; advanced liquid cooling, 150 Wh/kg

Fuji Pigment synthesizing ionic liquids for Al-air battery electrolytes, Li-ion electrolytes and other applications

Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

CFX Battery Changes Name to Contour Energy Systems, Entering Market with High Power Lithium Carbon Flouride Primary Batteries; Next-Generation Secondary Batteries Under Development

DOE releases SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 2 topics; hydrogen, electric vehicles, more efficient combustion engines; biogas-to-fuels

MIT team reexamines rates of Li-ion cost decline

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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