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JUNE 1, 2015

Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. Their results are presented in an open access paper published in the journal ACS Central Science. —To et al.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Aquion Energy, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and stationary energy storage systems, recently completed the closing of a $55-million Series D financing round. Aquion Technical Presentation. Earlier post.). Aqueous hybrid ion chemistry. Source: Aquion. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 11, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued the $30-million “Advanced Management and Protection of Energy-storage Devices” (AMPED) funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0000675 ). Earlier post.) Awards for selected projects may vary between $250,000 and $10 million.

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MAY 25, 2021

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a sensor system called IntelliVent that can prevent dangerous conditions from developing in outdoor battery cabinets. The April 2019 incident in Arizona at an energy storage facility left four firefighters injured, two seriously.

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JULY 10, 2020

This presents opportunities for repurposing EV batteries as low-cost stationary storage in a second-life application. Extending the life of used EV batteries further lessens the need for mining of rare earth minerals, thereby making batteries as an energy storage solution more sustainable.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

SiMPs are the most appropriate, low-cost, and easily available alternatives, especially when combined with materials that have exceptional structural properties, such as silicon oxycarbide black glasses. of energy capacity even after 775 cycles of charging and discharging. The new material retained 99.4% —Nandan et al.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … b | The energy-storage demand for the reference devices. —Vaalma et al.

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APRIL 22, 2020

perovskite was developed as an oxygen electrode, and presents superior electrochemical performance at 400~600?°C. The application of PCECs demonstrates the uniqueness of combining the bi-function of energy storage and distributed power generation by integrating PCEC and balance of the plant into one system.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

As part of the FY 2012 Phase I Release 3 SBIR/STTR Award program, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Michigan-based XG Sciences, a manufacturer of graphene nanoplatelets ( earlier post ), a contract to develop low-cost, high-energy Si/graphene anodes for Li-ion batteries for use in extended range electric vehicle applications.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The team projects that reasonable estimates for production costs and loss of performance due to system implementation result in total energy storage costs roughly 5 times cheaper than those for 700 bar tanks, potentially opening doors for increased adoption of hydrogen as an energy vector.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

That is about three times as much power per square centimeter as other membrane-less system—a power density that is an order of magnitude higher than that of many lithium-ion batteries and other commercial and experimental energy-storage systems. A paper on the work is published in Nature Communications. —Braff et al.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Nowadays, due to their outstanding energy and power density, Li-ion batteries have become a mainstay for EES [electrical energy storage]. However, the concerns regarding the high cost and the limited lithium reserves in the earth’s crust have driven the researchers to search more sustainable alternative energy storage solutions.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Sodium is an abundant low-cost metal, and a main ingredient in seawater. Our Janus material is still far from industrial applications, but the new results show that we can engineer the ultrathin graphene sheets—and the tiny space in between them—for high-capacity energy storage. —Vincenzo Palermo.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This results in a range of system level requirements from different manufacturers, dictated by vehicle targets and other issues such as battery state-of-charge and energy storage capability. SR machines are ideally suited to this concept of low cost development, while reducing the cost of production components.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The battery should also be of relatively low cost, durable, safe and fully recyclable. A collaborative approach is viewed as an essential precursor, with skills drawn from European mining, chemical, energy, manufacturing and automotive industries. The Alliance’s action plan is almost ready to be implemented. Source: Innoenergy.

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MAY 28, 2015

American Lithium Energy Corporation. Ballast Energy, Inc. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. is developing the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles with a unique cost cutting innovation. 149,999.70.

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JULY 30, 2014

The researchers suggested that the inherent safety and stability features of such devices make them very promising for many applications, especially for large-scale static energy storage. Magnesium is low-cost, safe and environmentally benign. C—very close to the theoretical capacity of Mo 6 S 8 (128.8

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Ecolectro is developing alkaline exchange ionomers (AEIs) to enable low-cost fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies. Ecolectro’s AEIs would be resilient to the harsh operating conditions present in existing alkaline exchange membranes that prevent their widespread adoption in commercial applications. University of Delaware.

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JULY 15, 2020

UNO MK3 allows CO 2 to be withdrawn and stored as solid potassium bicarbonate during high energy demand, eliminating stripper energy and enabling profitable regeneration. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000. Colorado State University.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

ARPA-E’s projects under this new program—Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy ( MOVE )—will focus on overcoming these barriers by developing innovative, low-cost natural gas storage technologies and methods to lower pressure in vehicle tanks that will help enable the widespread adoption of natural gas vehicles.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

A new technology from Australia is certainly raising this prospect, offering a novel approach to stationary energy storage—whose packaging at least harkens back to the old, familiar car battery. In theory, they should be a good choice for applications, such as storing surplus energy from renewables.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

HPL was spun out from Professor Graetzel’s laboratory at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland) in 2003 and is focused on the development of nano-structured metal oxide energy storage materials and novel electrolytes for use in next generation lithium ion batteries. Capacity at 1C is 900 mAh.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

A new technology from Australia is certainly raising this prospect, offering a novel approach to stationary energy storage—whose packaging at least harkens back to the old, familiar car battery. In theory, they should be a good choice for applications, such as storing surplus energy from renewables.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost. Super-capacitors are considered one of the newest innovations in the field of electrical energy storage.

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APRIL 1, 2011

The cell operates without a catalyst and has high storage efficiency. The possibility of a flow-through mode for the cathode allows flexibility of the cell design for safe, large-capacity electrical-energy storage at an acceptable cost, they conclude. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

his outstanding contributions in the fields of solid state chemistry and electrochemistry, particularly in the area of materials chemistry related to energy storage. The Li 2 CO 3 and Li carboxylates present at the end of discharge and those that form on charge result in polarization on the subsequent charge. O2 battery.

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JULY 9, 2013

energy management) problem along with a range of different approaches (e.g., The objective of the control problem formulation in the series hybrid configuration, in particular, is to operate the engine efficiently while maintaining the state-of-charge (SOC) of the energy storage system within acceptable limits.In

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Part of the evidence submitted to the EU Commission is a study— A Review of Battery Technologies for Automotive Applications —which found that there are at present no alternatives, either technically or economically, to lead-based batteries for the SLI (Starting – Lighting – Ignition) function in vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The Precourt Institute for Energy, the umbrella organization for energy research and education at Stanford, will fund the following four studies: Nanostructured Polymers for High-Performance Batteries. The project goal is to develop a low-cost technique for capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide using organic-inorganic hybrid materials.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., Energy storage technology solutions for advanced vehicles by vehicle category. In recent years development work has been directed at technologies that may supersede Li Ion, the most visible of which presently are the programs on lithium- oxygen.

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MARCH 23, 2012

However, they added, there is room for optimization of the materials using different sources of processed lignins with varying loading, with varying charge densities, and with a possibility to improve upon present results.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The Flybus system, which the developers suggest should cost significantly less than current electric hybrid systems, uses a Ricardo Kinergy flywheel ( earlier post ) as the energy storage medium and a Torotrak continuously variable transmission (CVT) as the means of transferring energy between the wheels and the flywheel.

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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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MARCH 22, 2015

However, while platinum may be acceptable for making jewelry and low volume specialty applications, it is too expensive for large-scale applications such as energy storage and conversion. Scientists have been working for years to develop low-cost replacements for platinum and other noble metals used in these devices.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Zenyatta called the results another step in the process of qualifying Zenyatta’s Albany graphite for existing fuel cell markets in transportation and stationary energy storage. From an environmental and cost advantage, the Ballard report also concluded: Zenyatta graphite provides a clean carbon option for fuel cell components (i.e.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Schematic presentation of (a) a proton-exchange membrane (PEMFC) and (b) an alkaline membrane fuel cell (AMFC), both fueled either with hydrogen or directly with methanol (DMFC mode). Develop reversible fuel cells for energy storage applications based on alkaline exchange membrane technology. Giner, Inc. Northeastern University.

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