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JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

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JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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Overview of the three vehicle classes identified in the study, and their corresponding battery technologies. In any automotive application, regulatory decisions to phase out established battery technologies would impact negatively on overall vehicle performance and cost, according to the report. Click to enlarge.

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ARPA-E RANGE: $20M for robust transformational energy storage systems for EVs; 3x the range at 1/3 the cost

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RANGE is focused on supporting chemistry and system concepts in energy storage with robust designs in one or both of: Category 1: Low-cost, rechargeable energy storage chemistries and architectures with robust designs; Category 2: Multifunctional energy storage designs. Robust design architectures.

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Navigant: 2016 advanced battery shipments through Q3 = 323M cells and $3.8B in sales

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For the purposes of the report, advanced batteries are defined as rechargeable batteries with a chemistry that has only entered into the market as a mass-produced product in the last two decades for use in the automotive or stationary energy storage system sectors.

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University of Illinois licenses StructurePore cathode technology to Xerion for commercialization of the ultra-rapid charging technology

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has entered into a licensing agreement with Xerion Advanced Battery Corp under which Xerion has the exclusive right to bring the University’s patented StructurePore electrode technology to the market. Earlier post.). Xerion Advanced Battery Corp.

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European automotive and automotive battery industries call for extension of the exemption of lead-based batteries from the EU ELV Directive

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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. The review.

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US Naval Research Lab scientists developing ionic liquid batteries

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Scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division are providing evidence of a viable new route towards developing novel, lightweight energy storage devices using non-volatile, thermally-stable ionic liquids. Source: NRL. Click to enlarge.