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KIST team develops activation strategy for magnesium metal enabling efficient operation of Mg batteries

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A research team led by Dr. Minah Lee of the Energy Storage Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a chemical activation strategy of magnesium metal that enables efficient operation of magnesium batteries in common electrolytes that are free of corrosive additives and can be mass-produced.

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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. Source: VoltStorage.

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ORNL team develops low-cost scalable method to join materials in solid-state batteries; electrochemical pulse

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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the big challenges in the commercial development of safe, long-lived energy storage systems. Anand Parejiya, Ruhul Amin, Marm B.

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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

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ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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RE-TROFIT: To extend significantly the life of vehicles. The entity will thus offer a turnkey service for the sales network: optimized transport of vehicles, supply of spare parts (Re-Cycle Center), renovation, storage, production of photos and videos and their online availability.

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Monash University team develops graphene-based supercapacitor with energy density of 60 Wh/L

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The approach could make SCs more viable for widespread use in renewable energy storage, portable electronics and electric vehicles. SCs are generally made of highly porous carbon impregnated with a liquid electrolyte to transport the electrical charge. A paper on the work is published in Science. —Professor Li.

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Altilium partners with Nissan on EV battery recycling project – Charged EVs

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Also cooperating on the initiative: battery producer AESC , a long-standing partner of Nissan; and Connected Energy , a UK provider of second-life battery energy storage solutions. The recovered materials aren’t just recycled—they’re re-engineered and upcycled to high-nickel CAM.

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