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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE says the planned facility will produce approximately 10 million sodium-metal halide cells each year—equivalent to 900 MWh of energy storage, or enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives. Earlier post.).

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GE to open new battery plant

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The plant will produce around 10million sodium-metal halide cells each year, which is enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives. Initial investment in the factory will reach $100million with GE also making a submission this week for Federal stimulus dollars from the US Department of Energy.

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

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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.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. The energy storage market is currently limited by a number of factors, Pike notes, including: Inflexible electricity market structures; Displaced cost and benefits (i.e., Earlier post.). 2010 vs 2011 forecasts.