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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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Pennsylvania State University. Pennsylvania State University is developing an innovative. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. electrolyte materials composed of low cost iron. University will develop an advanced flow battery with a low-cost, durable membrane and unique catalyst.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is conducting research on alternative options to reduce costs and make large-scale energy storage safer and more practical. Sodium is another element that is less expensive than lithium. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. BIOMASS ENERGY.

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