Remove Chicago Remove Energy Storage Remove Engine Remove Power Storage
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project.

article thumbnail

Expanded graphite as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. Galvanostatic studies showed that expanded graphite can deliver a high reversible capacity of 284?mAh?g

Sodium 210
article thumbnail

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“Whether they will develop the expertise in-house, or work in partnerships with energy companies, remains to be seen. “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. Finally there may be new energy storage that requires less lithium. Cheers — Al Louard 11.

Grid 47