Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

the developer of advanced lead­carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), announced that its PowerCube battery energy storage and battery system is being integrated as a power resource for the PJM Regulation Market, which serves 58 million people in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2009

Exide Technologies entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the University of Idaho to develop and commercialize improvements on lead-acid battery technology for applications including hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Factory vehicles in Audi’s production plants such as fork-lift trucks and tow tractors have so far been powered by lead-acid batteries. Every lithium-ion battery represents high energy consumption and valuable resources that must be used in the best possible way. They then install 24 modules in each new battery tray.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Federal Agency Battery and Energy Storage Initiatives and Funding Obligations, Fiscal Years 2009. GAO was asked to: identify the scope and key characteristics of federal battery and energy storage initiatives; determine the extent to which there is potential fragmentation, overlap, or duplication, if any, among these initiatives; and.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The network has two unique features: 1) it allows for high capacitance (up to 400 F/g) energy storage in a simple film configuration without the need of high-surface-area nanostructures; 2) it is unstable in water, but becomes extremely stable in electrolyte with high ionic strength. —Xie et al. —Xie et al.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels, and for energy storage. Flow batteries for energy storage applications are also appropriate.

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Fundamental research on innovative approaches that lead to the intensification of biofuel and bioenergy processes is an emphasis area of this program.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2013

A research team at Monash University (Australia) led by Professor Dan Li of the Department of Materials Engineering has developed a new strategy to engineer graphene-based supercapacitors (SC), resulting in an energy density of 60 Wh/liter—comparable to lead-acid batteries and around 12 times higher than commercially available SCs.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The primary goal is to increase the share of clean and sustainable energy in the overall energy mix, thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuels and mitigating environmental impacts. Lead-Acid: Historically one of the most widely used battery technologies, lead-acid batteries are still used in certain stationary applications.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

A123 Systems LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanxiang Group, is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems for transportation, electric grid and lead-acid replacement applications.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The HyBoost project ( earlier post ), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

OXIS Energy will develop a low temperature electrolyte for Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable battery chemistry and Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd will develop a chemistry-agnostic battery management system and packaging that will withstand and outperform the current lead-acid battery solutions.

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

The paper covers the basics of the electrochemistry of LIBs and the development of new materials and electrolytes in the search for higher capacities; it also addresses the challenge of energy storage in transportation applications with the target of displacing the internal combustion engine. —Goodenough and Park.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 kWh of energy when fully charged. reductions as opposed to the energy storage device (batteries).

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JULY 8, 2013

They suggest that a low cost, non-flammable and heavy-metal-free aqueous cathode can contribute to the feasibility of scale-up of lithium-iodine batteries for practical energy storage. The specific energy density (~0.33 kWh kg -1 cell (1.0 500 km) [311 miles]. —Zhao et al. Batteries Japan'

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Energy storage technology solutions for advanced vehicles by vehicle category. The future of the market is particularly dependent on government policies, with that of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) being the most important driver. billion in 2015 and $9.2 billion in 2020. Source: AAB. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

That car, Leohold noted, had a lead-acid battery pack with about 24 kWh of energy, was propelled by wheel hub motors and had a range of about 50 km—“ not that much different than today. ” Requirements for future electrical energy storage system. The main challenge is the battery.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo. —Nick Pascoe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Research into the implications for raw materials of continued improvements of internal combustion engines, including advanced lead acid batteries and catalytic convertors. Development of new and more detailed scenarios for the uptake and technology mix of options for stationary energy storage in particular.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Co-founded by MIT’s Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, 24M’s Chief Scientist, the company is leveraging existing, preferred energy storage chemistry but using a new cell design with semi-solid (a mixture of solid and liquid phases) thick electrodes and manufacturing innovations to deliver what it says will be up to a 50% reduction in current Li-ion costs.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion 2020 Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

This includes the addition of a new stop/start lead-acid battery system; gas exchange system upgrade; and a new 30 kW lightweight diesel genset , e.g. for cabin air conditioning. It has a payback period of 3 years for the intercity duty cycle and could save up to 5 million liters of diesel per year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2011

Positioning energy storage technologies. Niche high-value market sizes were estimated to total approximately 5 GW if energy storage systems could be installed for $1400/kWh and all benefits could be monetized. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 25, 2012

PbC batteries are multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries. Like a lead-acid battery, it comprises a series of cells. NS originally built NS-999 in early 2009 with lead–acid batteries; however, the lead–acid system consistently failed field testing.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) last month showcased three hybrid electric concept vehicles resulting from its R&D program that demonstrate the real-world potential of lead-carbon batteries in 48V architectures. 48V Batteries Hybrids'

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

After 10 years of operation the battery will still have 75% of its energy storage potential and could be used for non-automotive applications like load leveling for the grid to accommodate renewable energy. Properly capturing this residual value can have a significant impact on the financial viability of an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Typical applications of the new convection battery would be plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric grid energy storage, they suggested. Gordon (2011) High-Energy Density Flow Battery Validation. Professor Suppes was the recipient of the 2006 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Suppes, Galen J.;

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

What I do need is an affordable alternative to Lead Acid. Sign Up for the Green Options Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Subscribe via email Resources Write for Gas 2.0 About 15 amps from a 110v outlet is adequate. Like most people, I tend to drive less than 30 miles a day, so I won’t run out of charge. About Gas 2.0

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Natron Energy , a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has closed a strategic investment by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to support the development of stationary energy storage systems for demand charge management at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

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