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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch are testing the use of second-life EV batteries in a 2 MW, 2,800 kWh energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany, to keep the electricity grid stable. The electricity storage facility comprises 2,600 battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles.
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APRIL 21, 2011
ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles up to 26,000 GVW ( earlier post ), has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a joint venture with Inmatech, Inc. ,
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FEBRUARY 15, 2013
In the CPUC’s next long-term procurement proceeding, expected to commence in 2014, the CPUC will evaluate whether there are additional localized electricity needs in California. The Applications are expected in late 2013 or early 2014. Going forward, SCE’s customers will not be solely reliant on a fossil fueled electric supply.
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MARCH 2, 2015
Analysis by Lux Research suggests that the market space represented by the emerging lower-cost, 200-mile-range EV will be the biggest coming growth opportunity in electric storage for transportation. According to Lux Research’s Automotive Battery Tracker, in 2014 EVs used $2.1-billion billion worth of energy storage.
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APRIL 30, 2014
Ambri (formerly Liquid Metal Battery Corporation) is developing an electricity storage solution that was invented in the lab of Dr. Donald Sadoway, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with Dr. David Bradwell (Ambri’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder). Earlier post.)
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OCTOBER 1, 2013
With support for those centers set to expire in July 2014, DOE has announced a “re-competition” for a second round of funding ( DE-FOA-0001010 ). Mandatory Letters of Intent to apply are due on 13 November 2013, with full applications due on 9 January 2014. Award selection is expected by June 2014. Earlier post.)
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NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The battery storage system developed in the course of the LESSY (Lithium Electricity Storage SYstem) project with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy started commercial operation at the STEAG power plant in Völklingen-Fenne in February 2014, and was one of the first lithium-ion storage batteries in Germany to (..)
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