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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President. —Philippe Boisseau, President Total Gas & Power.

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ARPA-E Requests Input on Future Funding Opportunities

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ARPA-E’s released its first Funding Opportunity Announcement on 27 April 2009, soliciting a broad range of ideas for transformational energy technology development.( Low Cost, Scalable, Dispatchable Centralized Renewable. Future Grid. Low Carbon Fossil Energy Technologies. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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The new strategy promises to be applicable to both the electric-vehicle market and the problem of electrical energy storage for the grid. In 2009, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu named Dr. John B. —Lu et al. John Goodenough.

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Total Signs Research Agreement with MIT to Develop New Stationary Batteries for Solar Power; Smaller-Scale Version of All-Liquid Metal Battery Work Supported by ARPA-E

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The ARPA-E award is supported the development of the liquid metal grid-scale battery for low-cost, large scale storage of electrical energy. This new class of batteries could enable continuous power supply from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar and a more stable, reliable grid.

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Automotive Partnership Canada awarding nearly $19M to 6 new projects; lightweight materials, lower-cost fuel cells and Li-ion batteries

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This partnership brings together 17 scientists and engineers from nine universities across Canada, who will work on reducing the cost of PEMFCs through the exploration of alternative non-platinum metals and the fabrication of advanced layer structures. Batteries for grid energy storage and medical devices have similar requirements.

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. of Cape Wind output; National Grid had agreed to buy 50%.

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