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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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The storage battery market is expected to continue growing in light of the spread of renewable energy and electrified vehicles, as well as the global trend toward carbon neutrality.

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Connected Energy and Renault to collaborate on energy storage and EV charging technology; second-life batteries in E-STOR

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Renault and distributed energy storage company Connected Energy are partnering to develop sustainable and efficient ways of using electric vehicle batteries at the end of their useable in-vehicle life in order to supply innovative and more affordable vehicle charging solutions. Connected Energy Ltd.

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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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By investing in VoltStorage, we are taking steps to advance solutions focused on the grid and energy storage. VoltStorage develops and produces commercial storage systems based on the particularly ecological vanadium redox flow technology for commercial and agricultural enterprises. Vanadium redox flow battery cell.

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Graphene ESD to partner with Stony Brook to develop new low-cost integrated ultra-high voltage supercapacitors

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announced that Graphene Energy Storage Devices (Graphene ESD) has signed a research agreement with the Research Foundation of Stony Brook University (SBU). Graphene ESD will partner with the SBU Center for Advanced Sensor Technologies (Sensor CAT) to develop new supercapacitors designs for energy storage.

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Construction starts on “Flybus” demonstrator; low-cost flywheel energy storage hybrid projects 20% savings in fuel consumption

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Construction has begun on the first “Flybus” prototype vehicle, designed to demonstrate the viability of a cost-effective alternative to battery-hybrid buses by using flywheel energy storage. Earlier post.) The project is due to publish the results of testing next year.

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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. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project.