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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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The build-up of greenhouse bases in the atmosphere continues unabated, and its environmental and human costs are mounting. What is needed now is a different focus for the debate, one with the potential to build public support over time. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run. Innovation should become that focus.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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AQDSH 2 refers to the reduced form of AQDS. The whole world of electricity storage has been using metal ions in various charge states, but there is a limited number that you can put into solution and use to store energy, and none of them can economically store massive amounts of renewable energy. Cell schematic.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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When we were first starting off at Daimler Truck, trying to find a battery cell supplier that would build us a pack that was good in the truck was difficult. I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. It’s called Electric Island.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. Only when we have an efficient method of electricity storage will the electric car/van/bus become a viable proposition. Mike, Epworth, UK Ok.