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Leclanché and Narada Power sign strategic global alliance for Li-ion technology

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Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché SA ( earlier post ) and China-based Zhejiang Narada Power Source Co Ltd, a global battery manufacturer, announced a strategic partnership for the manufacturing and development of lithium-ion battery technology for the Chinese and global markets. GWh fabrication facility in 2017.

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Researchers develop nanoscale LTO anode with superior high temperature performance

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In our constant endeavor to improve the batteries, lithium titanium oxide, Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 (hereafter denoted as LTO), as anode materials hold a true significant position. LTO has a theoretical capacity of 175 mA h g -1 and has a spinel structure (space group Fd3m), which favors high rate charging and discharging. 6b00895.

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Kokam deploys new 24MW and 16MW Lithium NMC energy storage systems for frequency regulation

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Kokam has successfully deployed two Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide Energy Storage Systems (ESSs)—a 24-megawatt (MW) system / 9-megawatt hour (MWh) and a 16 MW / 6 MWh system—for frequency regulation on the South Korean electricity grid.

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CEC awards Proterra $3M toward electric bus manufacturing plant; Foothill Transit orders 13 more buses

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Concurrent with the award, Proterra announced that Foothill Transit, the primary public transit provider of the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys in California, has ordered an additional 13 Proterra buses to be delivered in 2016; this is Foothill Transit’s fourth order from Proterra in five years. Click to enlarge. There is a continuum.

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Solar Impulse 2 used Kokam Ultra High Energy NMC batteries in round-the-world solar flight

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In addition, Kokam’s Ultra High Energy NMC batteries have a 96% efficiency, meaning less energy is wasted when the batteries charge or discharge. Kokam says that its Z-fold cell’s parallel pairs of electrodes offer unmatched low internal resistance, which results in less energy loss in high temperature heat as the cell charges and discharges.

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