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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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The company is building these shipping container systems, which work like giant batteries that store energy as heat and pressurized air , rather than a chemical reaction (Cheesecake’s name is derived from a nerdy acronym for their technology.) The compressed air, now cool and easier to store, is housed in a large air tank.

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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

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Nissan and multinational power company Enel will launch the first major vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial carried out in the UK. By giving Nissan electric vehicle owners the ability to plug their vehicles into the V2G system, owners will have the flexibility and power to sell stored energy from their vehicle battery back to the National Grid.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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And because such batteries could be installed and operated just like conventional solid lithium-ion batteries, without any of the auxiliary components needed for a lithium-air battery, they could be easily adapted to existing installations or conventional battery pack designs for cars, electronics, or grid-scale power storage. 2016.111.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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We see $548 billion being invested in battery capacity by 2050, two thirds of that at the grid level and one third installed behind-the-meter by households and businesses. This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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More significantly it must be realized that hydrogen, just like a battery, is not an energy source in itself, but simply a means of storing energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. 2016) Elon Musk explains why hydrogen cars are ‘incredibly dumb’ Business Insider [link]. Lambert, F.,

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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It’s easy to imagine that if you go to a shopping mall or you stop at the grocery store, the same can happen. Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. We were a startup company, and we sold our technology to STMicroelectronics, who produced it cheap. Today we go to a gas station.